C. O. Brocato (1929–2015) was an American scout, coach and football
player best known for his work with the Houston Oilers (later the
Tennessee Titans), for which he was a scout from 1974 to 1976, and again
from 1981 until his death. A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Brocato
attended St. John's High School and played college football for Baylor.
Drafted in 1953 by the Chicago Cardinals, he left during training camp
to pursue a coaching career. He spent eleven years as head coach at his
high school alma mater. He was defensive coordinator for Northern
Arizona from 1969 to 1970, and for Texas–Arlington from 1971 to 1973.
He then joined the Oilers as a scout and became regarded as one of the
greatest in history in that role. Brocato helped his team draft several
players who went on to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He also invented
the three-cone drill, one of the main events at the NFL Scouting
Combine. He was a semifinalist for induction to the Hall of Fame for the
classes of 2023 and 2024.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._O._Brocato>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1843:
A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles
Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after
being visited by ghosts, was published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol>
1983:
The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World
Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football
Confederation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy>
1997:
SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia,
killing 104 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilkAir_Flight_185>
2013:
The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with
the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue
ever made.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_%28spacecraft%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
orotund:
1. Of a voice: characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and
strength of sound; hence, of a person: having a clear, full, and strong
voice, appropriate for public speaking, reading aloud, etc.
2. (by extension)
3. Of writing, etc.: clear, effective, powerful.
4. (derogatory) Of speech or writing: bombastic, pompous.
5. (countable) A voice characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness,
and strength of sound.
6. (uncountable) The quality of clarity, effectiveness, and power in
speech or writing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orotund>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Show me a country where the bombs had to fall Show me the ruins
of buildings so tall And I'll show you a young land With many reasons
why There but for fortune, go you or I.
--Phil Ochs
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs>