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Bobby Powell, coach of the Globe-Miami Sting Football Team will be inducted into the Minor League Football Hall of Fame this December in Las Vegas, at the Riviera Hotel and Casino on the evening of December 4th 2009.
The Board of Directors and Selection Committee of the Minor League Football Hall of Fame proudly announces its Class of 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees. This group of 31 men and 1 woman, along with the Brooklyn Mariners Football Team is the 5th annual induction into the Hall of Fame and truly represents the best of the sport of football at the amateur level.
The Minor League Football Hall of Fame was established with the Induction of the Class of 2004 in order to recognize the lifetime achievement, dedication and contribution of Athletes, Coaches, Executives and others connected with the sport of Minor League and Adult Amateur Football. Since that time, nearly 300 individual members have been recognized and inducted. These 32 new Inductees, along with the Brooklyn Mariners, have joined an elite group of men and women throughout the country.
Born in Ada, Oklahoma in 1948 Bobby Powell at the age of 4 moved to Globe-Miami where his dad was a copper miner. While a student in high school, he played football, cornerback. He graduated from high school in 1966. He worked in the copper mines and then in 1969 entered the United States Marine Cops., where he was a mortorman.
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