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[[Image:Pf103047.jpg|100px|right|Wilford H. Fawcett and his wife posed by an automobile in front of lodge at Breezy Point.]]
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[[Image:Pf090314.jpg|100px|right|Bronko Nagurski, ca. 1935]]
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Captain Billy's Whiz-Bang, Wilford Fawcett's "explosion of pedigreed bull," published in Robbinsdale from 1919 to 1939, was a classic American humour magazine with considerable popularity in the 1920s for its quasi-raunchy jokes. Which, in any event, would lay the foundation of the Fawcett publishing group, as in magazines and paperback books.<br />
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At 6-2, 230 pounds, International Falls resident Bronko Nagurski was the dominate football player of his time. His modest personality, awesome physical strength, and tremendous athletic skill helped shape Nagurski into a genuine American hero. <br />
''~~Larry Ellis Reed, Winona, MN''
''~~Larry Ellis Reed, Winona, MN''
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Revision as of 20:55, 24 April 2008

Bronko Nagurski, ca. 1935

At 6-2, 230 pounds, International Falls resident Bronko Nagurski was the dominate football player of his time. His modest personality, awesome physical strength, and tremendous athletic skill helped shape Nagurski into a genuine American hero.
~~Larry Ellis Reed, Winona, MN

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