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Pete Pihos’ daughter stops by the Hall of Fame

07/27/2009

Melissa Pihos, daughter of Pro Football Hall of Famer Pete Pihos, visited Canton today as she travels the country collecting information about her father’s life. She finished her first short film entitled “Dear Dad” earlier this year and is now working on her second documentary chronicling her father’s life.

Melissa stopped by the Pro Football Hall of Fame to film her father’s bronze bust. She also perused through photographs and clippings about father’s playing days in the Hall of Fame’s Archives and Information Center. Pihos is on her way to Philadelphia where she will interview a few of her father’s former Philadelphia Eagles teammates.
 
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  • KUJNE - July 28 2012 03:54 AM

    Wow.. It's so great. and you can visit http://www.jerseystribes.com/. Thank you!

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  • gary bernhardt - October 17 2010 06:11 PM

    your dad and i worked together in miami for a brief period of time. we got to be friends and often talked of each others family. as you well know he loved his family more than anything. we spoke about great moments and not so great moments. the loss of his your brother was a blow he could not bear. he cried while he spoke of it to me. i lost track of pete around 1994-5. he loved going on the hall of fame cruises and the golf tournaments. last time i spoke to him he was in north carolina. his memory was on the outs and i assumed it was alzheimers or just severe depression. but i never spoke to him after that and to this day i don't know what his outcome was. i will tell you this - he spoke of you with love in his heart everytime we met at work or went to lunch. he visited me in my home many times and my children got to meet him and that is a blessing. please contact me and let me know what happened. i would love to talk with you gary bernhardt miami, florida

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  • Melissa Pihos - August 10 2010 08:32 AM

    I appreciate all of the stories about Dad. If anyone else has any stories about him, please share them. I am still collecting information for my documentary. Also for my culminating MFA in Choreography Thesis work at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, I am portraying his life through film and dance in a multi-media evening length concert March 25-26, 2011. Thanks!

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  • Mike Wipf - August 06 2010 08:13 AM

    I had the privilege of meeting Pete later in life, in the mid 1990's. He was the head of a division at a company I worked with whose members were called "The Eagles" because of Pete. Their duties were difficult but Pete was always an upbeat, motivational guy which proved to be a great asset. I went on several business appointments with Pete and when it looked like things were getting bogged down, he would quietly draw attention to his Hall of Fame ring (or the golden Eagle he wore around his neck) and when the client asked, he would fill them in on his career. It was great for me as I got to know him better AND we usually closed the deal! We would often go to a sports bar afterwards to celebrate and I would point out to the manager who they had in their bar. Pete always took the time to talk with the folks even though his dinner frequently got cold. I apologize if the comments here are only supposed to be about a Hall of Famer's football career, but I wanted you to know that Pete was a solid, stand up guy long after his career was over.

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  • Mr. Positive aka Ken Bossone - February 02 2010 01:23 PM

    My father was assigned to film the Eagles playing the Redskins at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, and we had to stand on the roof with nothing but a canvas at our backs to get the long shots dads Bell and Howell 16 mm key wind camera. It was freezing cold that night, and I was writing captions for dad. One play I was privileged to watch I will never forget involved Pete Pihos....My opinion is that it was the greatest pass reception in history. This was the late 1940's and it was snowing hard. Pete ran down-field and leaped. The ball landed in his hands and he pulled the ball into his chest and slid on the snow a good ten yards. I think he scored a touchdown, but I am not sure. To this day I still see Pete hauling in that pass after looking over his shoulder. To this day I can't figure out how Pete saw that ball in the air with all the snow falling.

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  • Mr. Positive aka Ken Bossone - February 02 2010 01:23 PM

    Recently I commented on an impossible catch Pete made while playing in the snow at Shibe Park In Philadelphia. It occurred to me that I put in the wrong date. I could not have been at the park in the 40's to take captions for my dad as I would only have been 7 or 8, so it had to be possible in 1953-55 when I witnessed in my opinion the greatest (impossible) catch in NFL history.... Pete proved that the Positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. My Positive best to Pete and his family... Mr. Positive aka Ken Bossone President-World Positive Thinkers Club…Seven time award winner-Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award/2008 Business Book of the Year…’Why Positive Thinkers Have the Power…To be published in China in 2010…Now available in E-Book form in 75 countries…Faculty member:Internet Masters Program/Radio personality/ 1st Degree Black Belt/April 1962 Army soldier of the Month….Financial-Business consultant

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