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Bob McCurry's life in the trenches

Bob McCurry was a center of attention -- literally and figuratively -- on the Michigan State University football team in 1946-48. Teammates voted the offensive lineman captain all three seasons.
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By:
James R. Crate
November 20, 2006 05:00 AM

It seems fitting that Bob McCurry, who hammered on Toyota Japan for years to give the United States a full-sized pickup, was laid to rest on the day the automaker was conducting the line-off ceremony in San Antonio for its first legitimate big truck.

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