WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.219 You know, we spent a lot of time in this deep 00:00:04.219 --> 00:00:08.179 dive dissecting the famous, the headline grabbers, 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:10.619 the guys whose faces are on the cereal boxes. 00:00:10.939 --> 00:00:14.400 But I have always been obsessed with a totally 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:16.859 different kind of American archetype. I call 00:00:16.859 --> 00:00:19.079 it the local legend. Right, the local legend. 00:00:19.460 --> 00:00:22.460 You mean the guy who owns the car dealership 00:00:22.460 --> 00:00:23.960 down the street and everyone kind of whispers, 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:26.100 you know he played pro ball back in the day. 00:00:26.300 --> 00:00:28.100 Exactly. The guy you see at the hardware store 00:00:28.100 --> 00:00:31.120 who is He's just a little too big to be a regular 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:33.600 civilian. He moves differently. And today, we 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:35.899 are doing a deep dive into one of those lives. 00:00:36.299 --> 00:00:38.899 We are looking at a man named Harold Dwayne Aiken. 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.119 But honestly, nobody in the records calls him 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:44.179 Harold. No, the nickname jumps right off the 00:00:44.179 --> 00:00:46.259 page. They called him Horse. Horses Aiken. It 00:00:46.259 --> 00:00:48.920 is just such a perfect mid -century football 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:51.039 name. And what we have for you today is a stack 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:53.359 of documents. We're looking at a Wikipedia entry. 00:00:54.250 --> 00:00:56.829 draft cards, roster stats, obituary notices, 00:00:57.270 --> 00:00:59.329 and they paint this incredible picture of a guy 00:00:59.329 --> 00:01:01.670 who lived the dream, got crushed by the reality 00:01:01.670 --> 00:01:03.670 of it, and then built a completely different 00:01:03.670 --> 00:01:06.450 kind of empire. And honestly, the Horsican story 00:01:06.450 --> 00:01:08.730 is the perfect lens to look at the American Football 00:01:08.730 --> 00:01:11.329 League in the late 60s. We aren't talking about 00:01:11.329 --> 00:01:14.489 the polished corporate NFL we know today. This 00:01:14.489 --> 00:01:17.390 was the Wild West and Aiken was right in the 00:01:17.390 --> 00:01:19.530 middle of that transition from the gridiron to 00:01:19.530 --> 00:01:22.209 the boardroom. So our mission today is to unpack 00:01:22.209 --> 00:01:24.709 this life, to look beyond just the sports stats 00:01:24.709 --> 00:01:27.209 and see the trajectory of a career that spans 00:01:27.209 --> 00:01:30.650 77 years. Because for you listening, I want us 00:01:30.650 --> 00:01:33.409 to find those aha moments in the details of draft 00:01:33.409 --> 00:01:37.409 picks and business expansions. So let's set the 00:01:37.409 --> 00:01:39.450 scene. We are starting in McAllister, Oklahoma. 00:01:39.530 --> 00:01:41.390 Right in the heart of the country. Yeah. The 00:01:41.390 --> 00:01:44.709 date is January 11th, 1945. Harold Aiken is born 00:01:44.709 --> 00:01:47.159 right as World War II is winding down. Which 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:49.239 puts him in a really specific generational cohort. 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:51.459 He is technically part of the silent generation, 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.900 but he's growing up with the baby boomers. And 00:01:53.900 --> 00:01:55.920 growing up in Oklahoma in the 50s and 60s, I 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:57.640 mean, that is football country. It's a religion. 00:01:57.939 --> 00:02:00.099 And apparently the congregation had a giant in 00:02:00.099 --> 00:02:03.180 their midst. Let's talk about the physical profile 00:02:03.180 --> 00:02:05.019 here, because the stats and the source material 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:09.240 are, well, they're jarring for 1967. Harold Aiken. 00:02:09.419 --> 00:02:13.000 stood six feet, five inches tall. That's 1 .96 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.759 meters. And he weighed in at 260 pounds or 118 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:19.180 kilograms. It's so easy to gloss over that number 00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:21.539 today because we see defensive ends who are 280 00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:24.500 and run like deer. But you have to contextualize 00:02:24.500 --> 00:02:28.500 this for the era. In the mid 1960s, there were 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:30.879 no state of the art nutrition programs. There 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:33.539 were no peptides. There is barely weightlifting 00:02:33.539 --> 00:02:35.520 as we know it today. Right, because the old school 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:37.520 mentality was that lifting weights made you muscle 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.349 bound and slow. Exactly. So to be 6 '5", 260, 00:02:40.409 --> 00:02:42.930 and 1965, you were a genetic anomaly. You were 00:02:42.930 --> 00:02:45.229 a naturally occurring mountain. That is exactly 00:02:45.229 --> 00:02:47.449 why the nickname horse sticks. He wasn't made 00:02:47.449 --> 00:02:49.729 in a lab. He was corn -fed and physically imposing 00:02:49.729 --> 00:02:51.629 in a way that just didn't exist on most rosters 00:02:51.629 --> 00:02:54.210 back then. So he goes through the Oklahoma education 00:02:54.210 --> 00:02:56.530 system. He starts at Putnam City High School, 00:02:56.830 --> 00:02:58.849 then goes straight to Oklahoma State University. 00:02:58.990 --> 00:03:02.050 He's an Oklahoma State cowboy. And he obviously 00:03:02.050 --> 00:03:03.830 makes enough noise there to catch the eye of 00:03:03.830 --> 00:03:05.969 the professional scouts because we arrived at 00:03:05.969 --> 00:03:09.810 the 1967 draft. The class of 67, this is a massive 00:03:09.810 --> 00:03:12.210 turning point in sports history. You have the 00:03:12.210 --> 00:03:15.229 NFL and the AFL, the rival leagues operating 00:03:15.229 --> 00:03:17.210 separately, but they are heading toward a merger. 00:03:17.669 --> 00:03:20.189 So the competition for talent was incredibly 00:03:20.189 --> 00:03:22.490 fierce. And Horsaken gets picked in the third 00:03:22.490 --> 00:03:26.580 round, 67th overall. That is a high pick. Very 00:03:26.580 --> 00:03:28.939 high. That's not a, let's see if he makes camp 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:31.580 kind of pick. That is a, we absolutely need this 00:03:31.580 --> 00:03:33.860 guy pick. It is substantial, capital. The San 00:03:33.860 --> 00:03:35.719 Diego Chargers spent a third rounder on him. 00:03:36.460 --> 00:03:39.280 In 67, if you are drafting an offensive tackle 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.960 in the top 100, you are expecting him to anchor 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:44.500 your line. You are looking for a bodyguard for 00:03:44.500 --> 00:03:46.280 your quarterback. And let's talk about where 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.419 he landed, San Diego. The Chargers. Oh, the Sid 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:52.090 Gilman era. Yes. But think about the culture 00:03:52.090 --> 00:03:54.550 shock for a second. He is a boy from McAllister, 00:03:54.550 --> 00:03:58.870 Oklahoma. And suddenly it's 1967, the summer 00:03:58.870 --> 00:04:01.069 of love is kicking off, and he lands in Southern 00:04:01.069 --> 00:04:05.430 California. The Chargers had those iconic powder 00:04:05.430 --> 00:04:07.849 blue uniforms they were playing at Balboa Stadium. 00:04:08.310 --> 00:04:10.069 I mean, it must have felt like landing on Mars. 00:04:10.229 --> 00:04:13.150 And the style of play was so different. Sig Gilman, 00:04:13.210 --> 00:04:15.469 the Chargers coach, was the father of the modern 00:04:15.469 --> 00:04:18.550 passing game. The AFL was known for airing it 00:04:18.550 --> 00:04:22.100 out. wide open vertical passing. For an offensive 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:24.639 tackle like Aiken, that means you aren't just 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:27.779 run blocking in a cloud of dust. You are retreating 00:04:27.779 --> 00:04:30.519 in pass protection one on one against defensive 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:32.579 ends who are trying to kill your quarterback. 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:35.360 It is a high stress environment. It really is. 00:04:35.459 --> 00:04:37.220 I was looking at the other guys the charges drafted 00:04:37.220 --> 00:04:39.040 in that same class to see who of course was competing 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.779 against. You've got names like Ron Billingsley 00:04:41.779 --> 00:04:44.660 and Dickey Post. Right. And Bob Howard, Bernard 00:04:44.660 --> 00:04:47.319 Erickson. It was a really specific incoming class 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:49.860 of talent. Post is actually a great reference 00:04:49.860 --> 00:04:52.060 point here. Oh, definitely. Because he was this 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:54.620 small, lightning fast running back, he actually 00:04:54.620 --> 00:04:57.740 became the AFL Rookie of the Year in 1967. So 00:04:57.740 --> 00:04:59.519 you have this dynamic where Dickie Post is the 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:01.899 guy getting the headlines, the flash, the glory, 00:05:02.259 --> 00:05:04.480 and Horace Aiken is the guy drafted to make sure 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:06.740 Dickie Post doesn't get broken in half. That 00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:09.459 is the eternal plight of the lineman. But here 00:05:09.459 --> 00:05:11.800 is where the story takes a turn. We look at the 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:13.759 career stats provided in the records. Harold 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:17.639 Aiken plays two seasons in the AFL. 1967 and 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:22.019 1968, games played, 13. And here's the kicker, 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:25.800 games started, zero. Zero starts. Now I want 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:27.759 to unpack this with you because on the surface 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.040 you could look at a third round pick. playing 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.120 13 games with no starts and call it a bust. But 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.279 I feel like that misses the reality of that life 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:37.560 entirely. It completely misses the point. The 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:40.120 bust label is for fans. The reality of the locker 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.360 room is totally different. To stick on a roster 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:45.420 for two years in the AFL, to dress for 13 games 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:47.579 at the highest level means you were valuable. 00:05:47.899 --> 00:05:49.680 It means you were surviving the meat grinder. 00:05:49.860 --> 00:05:52.160 It's the role of the backup lineman. You are 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:54.759 the insurance policy. Precisely. And think about 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:56.579 the psychology of that. You have been the horse 00:05:56.579 --> 00:05:58.699 your whole life, the biggest man in McAllister, 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:01.500 the star at Oklahoma State. Then you get to San 00:06:01.500 --> 00:06:05.399 Diego, and you are just your depth. You are the 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:07.540 guy who plays on special teams or comes in when 00:06:07.540 --> 00:06:09.939 someone snaps an ankle. You have to check your 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:12.720 ego at the door every single morning. And you 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:15.040 were practicing against the defensive monsters 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:17.740 of that era every single day. Getting beat up. 00:06:18.029 --> 00:06:21.449 For two years without the glory of hearing your 00:06:21.449 --> 00:06:24.389 name announced as a starter that requires a specific 00:06:24.389 --> 00:06:27.009 kind of mental toughness It is a blue -collar 00:06:27.009 --> 00:06:29.550 existence in a white -collar game and then after 00:06:29.550 --> 00:06:33.790 the 1968 season it just stops The source material 00:06:33.790 --> 00:06:35.750 doesn't specify an injury, but for alignment 00:06:35.750 --> 00:06:38.189 in the 60s, it was almost always physical attrition. 00:06:38.470 --> 00:06:40.490 Knees go, the back goes. Or the economics just 00:06:40.490 --> 00:06:41.970 don't make sense anymore. We have to remember, 00:06:42.029 --> 00:06:45.209 in 1968, NFL and AFL players weren't making millions. 00:06:45.290 --> 00:06:47.310 They were making decent money, but not retire 00:06:47.310 --> 00:06:49.449 forever money. A lot of guys had off -season 00:06:49.449 --> 00:06:52.230 jobs just to make ends meet. Which sets up the 00:06:52.230 --> 00:06:54.949 second act perfectly. Because Horseykin didn't 00:06:54.949 --> 00:06:57.490 just retire and fade away into a dive bar to 00:06:57.490 --> 00:06:59.870 talk about the good old days, he pulled off what 00:06:59.870 --> 00:07:02.850 I think is the hardest maneuver in sports. The 00:07:02.850 --> 00:07:05.910 pivot. The pivot to civilian life. It's so tough 00:07:05.910 --> 00:07:08.069 for so many athletes. But the source tells us 00:07:08.069 --> 00:07:10.769 he became a founder. He founded a company. And 00:07:10.769 --> 00:07:13.389 I just love the name of this venture. It's not 00:07:13.389 --> 00:07:16.050 a Kelton Global Enterprises. It is the budget 00:07:16.050 --> 00:07:18.430 floor store. It is so grounded. It tells you 00:07:18.430 --> 00:07:21.550 exactly what it is. No pretense at all. And he 00:07:21.550 --> 00:07:23.290 didn't stay in San Diego to do it. He went back 00:07:23.290 --> 00:07:25.800 to Oklahoma City. That return to his roots is 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.600 crucial. He started in McAlester and Putnam City, 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:32.319 went to OSU, went out to San Diego, but he returned 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:34.860 to build his business legacy right back in Oklahoma. 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:38.079 He leveraged his identity. He is a local boy, 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:40.819 a former cowboy, a former pro, but he applied 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:43.319 it to something incredibly tangible, flooring. 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:45.540 But I want to challenge the idea that this was 00:07:45.540 --> 00:07:48.759 just a fallback plan because the source notes 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:50.740 of the business didn't stay a small operation 00:07:50.740 --> 00:07:53.579 forever. It grew to four locations across Oklahoma. 00:07:53.740 --> 00:07:56.600 Right. And that distinction really matters. Opening 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:59.680 a store is a job. Expanding to four locations 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.399 over several decades. That is organizational 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:06.000 leadership. That is logistics, HR, supply chain 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.360 management, and marketing. It makes me wonder 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:10.639 if the offensive lineman mindset is actually 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:14.259 better suited for business than, say, the quarterback 00:08:14.259 --> 00:08:16.680 mindset. I think there's a really strong argument 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.860 for that. Think about it. What is an offensive 00:08:18.860 --> 00:08:21.769 lineman's job? It's protection. It's enabling 00:08:21.769 --> 00:08:24.870 others to succeed. It's doing the dirty work 00:08:24.870 --> 00:08:27.629 without expecting applause. If you are a quarterback, 00:08:27.910 --> 00:08:29.709 you are used to being the center of the universe. 00:08:29.829 --> 00:08:32.009 If the business fails, it is a massive shock 00:08:32.009 --> 00:08:35.110 to the system. But if you are a tackle, you are 00:08:35.110 --> 00:08:37.470 used to the grind. You are used to pushing a 00:08:37.470 --> 00:08:39.809 heavy object forward one inch at a time. That 00:08:39.809 --> 00:08:42.529 is a fascinating parallel. Orsaken spent two 00:08:42.529 --> 00:08:45.350 years protecting Dickey Post in San Diego and 00:08:45.350 --> 00:08:47.190 then spent the next several decades protecting 00:08:47.190 --> 00:08:49.529 his employees and his margins in Oklahoma City. 00:08:49.690 --> 00:08:52.789 Exactly. And the scale of four locations implies 00:08:52.789 --> 00:08:55.330 he survived the economic ups and downs of Oklahoma. 00:08:55.950 --> 00:08:57.990 The fact that the budget floor stores survived 00:08:57.990 --> 00:09:00.870 and expanded tells me he was a shrewd operator. 00:09:01.169 --> 00:09:03.610 He wasn't just a jock with a recognizable name. 00:09:03.929 --> 00:09:05.830 It also speaks to the community aspect. We talked 00:09:05.830 --> 00:09:07.509 about the local legend at the top of the deep 00:09:07.509 --> 00:09:10.389 dive. If you have four stores in a place like 00:09:10.389 --> 00:09:14.070 Oklahoma City, You are a pillar of that community. 00:09:14.149 --> 00:09:16.129 And that is where the legacy really sits. When 00:09:16.129 --> 00:09:18.289 we look at the vital statistics at the end of 00:09:18.289 --> 00:09:21.570 the timeline, he passed away on March 18th, 2022 00:09:21.570 --> 00:09:25.210 in Oklahoma City. He was 77 years old. And the 00:09:25.210 --> 00:09:27.649 source for that is his obituary at Mercer Adams 00:09:27.649 --> 00:09:30.970 Funeral Service. So he had roughly 50 years of 00:09:30.970 --> 00:09:33.889 life after his last snap in the AFL. 50 years. 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:37.100 That is two full generations. The professional 00:09:37.100 --> 00:09:39.799 football career was just a blip, a glamorous 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:42.460 violent blip. But the life of Harold Aiken was 00:09:42.460 --> 00:09:44.460 defined by what he built in Oklahoma. I want 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:46.159 to go back to the source material itself for 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:47.830 a second. We are looking at this digital record, 00:09:48.049 --> 00:09:50.149 and technically on Wikipedia, this article is 00:09:50.149 --> 00:09:52.289 classified as a stub, a short article. Which 00:09:52.289 --> 00:09:54.610 is deeply ironic. It feels almost disrespectful, 00:09:54.649 --> 00:09:56.889 doesn't it? You see the word stub and you automatically 00:09:56.889 --> 00:09:59.190 think incomplete. But we have just spent all 00:09:59.190 --> 00:10:02.629 this time unpacking a lived life that included 00:10:02.629 --> 00:10:05.350 being a collegiate athlete, a top 100 draft pick, 00:10:05.710 --> 00:10:09.129 a professional AFL player, and a successful business 00:10:09.129 --> 00:10:12.120 owner with multiple locations. It really highlights 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.539 how digital records condense decades of incredible 00:10:15.539 --> 00:10:17.940 effort into just a few bullet points. This is 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:20.779 the tension between digital fame and actual impact. 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.960 The algorithm loves the outlier. If a check -in 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.139 had thrown five touchdowns in a Super Bowl, he'd 00:10:26.139 --> 00:10:29.000 have a novel written about him online. But consistency, 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:32.179 reliability, building a local business, the internet 00:10:32.179 --> 00:10:34.320 doesn't always know how to value that. It's the 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.820 quiet professional. Yes. And I would argue that 00:10:36.820 --> 00:10:39.279 the stub classification of his digital life is 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:41.600 actually a testament to his success. He didn't 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:44.139 flame out publicly. He didn't have a tragic post 00:10:44.139 --> 00:10:46.259 -career spiral. He went to work. He built a family 00:10:46.259 --> 00:10:48.700 business. He died in the city he loved at 77. 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:51.399 That is a complete narrative, even if the word 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:53.799 count is low. It really makes you look differently 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:57.120 at those lists of draft picks from the 60s. We 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:59.259 see the names and if they aren't Joe Namath, 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:01.759 we just gloss over them. But every single one 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:04.899 of those guys has this massive second act. And 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:07.139 for the people of Oklahoma City, for the people 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:09.860 walking on the floors he sold, he wasn't a stub, 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:13.320 he was the horse. He was a person of real substance. 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:16.419 I am struck by the contrast between the nickname 00:11:16.419 --> 00:11:19.779 and the reality of the man. Horse suggests this 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:22.960 wild untamed animal. but his life story is one 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:25.360 of incredible discipline. That is the duality 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:27.720 of the athlete entrepreneur. You need the animal 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:29.779 physical ability to get your foot in the door 00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:32.279 of the AFL, but you need the discipline to walk 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:34.480 out that door and build a life when the cheering 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.929 stops. At Kin, clearly had both. And he did it 00:11:37.929 --> 00:11:40.350 during such a volatile time. We mentioned the 00:11:40.350 --> 00:11:42.470 60s, but think about the changes he saw in business 00:11:42.470 --> 00:11:45.809 from the 70s through the 2000s. He pivoted from 00:11:45.809 --> 00:11:48.590 an analog world to a digital one. And kept the 00:11:48.590 --> 00:11:50.690 doors open. That is the stat that impresses me 00:11:50.690 --> 00:11:52.429 more than the third round draft pick. Staying 00:11:52.429 --> 00:11:54.269 in business for decades is harder than making 00:11:54.269 --> 00:11:57.029 an NFL roster. Oh, come on, really. Harder than 00:11:57.029 --> 00:11:59.370 blocking defensive ends. I actually think so. 00:11:59.710 --> 00:12:01.789 In the NFL, you just have to be physically elite 00:12:01.789 --> 00:12:03.899 and know the playbook. In business, the market 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:05.899 changes every day. Your competitors change. The 00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:09.019 economy crashes. To navigate that for 40 or 50 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:11.840 years requires a level of adaptability that sports 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.559 doesn't always teach. That is a fair point. He 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.820 had to learn a whole new playbook every single 00:12:16.820 --> 00:12:19.100 decade. Exactly. And he couldn't rely on being 00:12:19.100 --> 00:12:21.860 six foot five to sell carpet. He had to rely 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:24.720 on trust and reputation. So as we wrap this up, 00:12:24.820 --> 00:12:26.840 I want to briefly recap this incredible arc. 00:12:27.549 --> 00:12:30.129 the boy from a Gallister, the horse of Oklahoma 00:12:30.129 --> 00:12:33.250 State, the San Diego Charger, and finally, the 00:12:33.250 --> 00:12:36.769 flooring magnate of OKC. A life well lived. Truly. 00:12:37.370 --> 00:12:39.950 It emphasizes that success isn't just about the 00:12:39.950 --> 00:12:42.049 number of starts in a pro game, which in his 00:12:42.049 --> 00:12:44.610 case was zero, but about the ability to pivot 00:12:44.610 --> 00:12:47.710 and build something lasting. Four store locations 00:12:47.710 --> 00:12:50.149 lasting. It's a reminder that the official record 00:12:50.149 --> 00:12:52.929 is often looking at the wrong scoreboard. Right. 00:12:53.190 --> 00:12:55.590 We tend to value the things that are easily measured 00:12:55.590 --> 00:12:58.799 in a box score. but you cannot measure the value 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.519 of a guy who builds a foundation in his hometown. 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:05.000 So here's the provocative question I want to 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.200 leave you with today. We all have our stats, 00:13:07.539 --> 00:13:10.240 our job titles, our followers, our degrees. But 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.600 when the game is actually over and someone is 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:15.120 looking at the stuff of your life, which number 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:17.679 actually tells the true story of who you were? 00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:20.919 Is it the draft pick or is it the franchise you 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:23.820 built quietly day by day? I think Horsican gave 00:13:23.820 --> 00:13:26.090 us the answer to that. It is what you build when 00:13:26.090 --> 00:13:29.169 the uniform comes off. I completely agree. Thanks 00:13:29.169 --> 00:13:31.149 for taking this dive into the archives with us 00:13:31.149 --> 00:13:33.409 today. It is always fascinating to see how much 00:13:33.409 --> 00:13:36.470 life exists in the margins of the record books. 00:13:36.610 --> 00:13:38.490 Always a pleasure to dig in. We will catch you 00:13:38.490 --> 00:13:40.750 on the next deep dive. Keep looking out for the 00:13:40.750 --> 00:13:41.509 legends next door.