From Jim Winner: “It was 1983 and the Chairman of the Board, ol’ Blue Eyes himself (Frank Sinatra) was doing a show at the Devaney Center. I was a volunteer for the show and found myself calling Bob Devaney’s office to see if he would like to attend the concert. The tickets were compliments of Mr. Sinatra. … The night of the show, Devaney and Phyllis (his wife) arrive, together with Lincoln’s mayor and his wife. I visited their fifth row seats and asked if they would like to come backstage and say hello to Sinatra. Devaney obliges, and, while heading to Sinatra’s dressing room, takes a left turn down a hallway and stops in to say hello to Jim Ross. The “hello” lasted for a couple of toasts, during which Sinatra’s management team glared at me to fix it. … After a spell, Coach came back to Sinatra’s room, said hello, and presented an Orange Bowl watch.”
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