3/26/2023 0 Comments Hormel one man band![]() Rick Hormel was one high on the list, as a quarterback should be, even one weighing 150 pounds and throwing sidearm style. Rooming with a Plebe football player, lineman Wally Winslow, and being in the same Sixth Company as the Navy team's starting quarterback, Midshipman First Class John Cartwright, it was easy to identify the outstanding athletes in the Company. In the fast paced days of Plebe Summer 1967 and the year that followed, it was easy to identify many of those who were destined for early greatness, mainly football players. ![]() Hormel, of Chevy Chase MD.įrom John Paulson '71 on August 21, 2022: Lt(jg) Hormel is survived by his parents, Mr. Bluestein USN, his roommate at the Academy, escorting the body to the family plot. Interment was in Flagler Memorial Cemetery, Miami, Florida, Lt.(jg) Michael S. He entered flight training after graduation and was designated a naval aviator in 1973. While at the Academy he was quarterback of the 150 pound football team which won two championships and was named All-Conference player these two years. Lt.jg) Hormel entered the Naval Academy with an appointment from the naval reserve and was graduated with the Class of 1971. He was attached to Attack Squadron 122 of the Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California, at the time. ![]() Lt.(jg) Richard Charles Hormel USN died on 12 February 1975 in the crash of his A-7E Corsair near Lone Pine, California. ![]() Richard was lost while on a routine flight training mission from the Naval Air Station at Lemoore, California.įrom the July-August 1975 issue of Shipmate: At any rate, in Rick the Naval Service receives a future flyer possessing a unique combination of cool class under pressure and great leadership ability. No one can deny that Rick has led a colorful life at USNA since he has participated in such varied campaigns as the Battle of Trieste and a strange case of mistaken identity in D.C. No matter what he engages in of a competitive spirit, save the game of chance he played and won with academics, Rick displays the gutsy class which led the 150 lb football team to a combined two-season record of 11-1 and which led him to the All-League team both seasons. When Rick came to Navy from Miami, Fla., via NAPS he brought with him many attributes foremost of which was his class. ![]()
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