I was looking at the Daily News website when I found a death notice for Wally from the Palouse Thunder football team. We played together some years ago. I knew he had cancer and things were getting bad. I didn’t know however that he was in a Pullman-area nursing home due to it.<\/p>\n
I notified Jerry and Jerid about it. Jerid is the league commissioner. He wrote something up and asked all teams in the league to hold a moment of silence before the Saturday game.<\/p>\n
I went to the funeral home to talk to Bob about it. He didn’t have a lot of information but was able to tell me that the funeral would be held up in Fernwood in Idaho.<\/p>\n
Wally would always greet me when I would come into the locker room after driving from Seattle for the game. He was always very nice and friendly.<\/p>\n
He played football and loved it. Playing for the Thunder was a great chance for him to get on the playing field again, and someone who knew him said it meant more to Wally than many of us would ever know.<\/p>\n
In his final game ever he scored a touchdown and that was one of the best football moments he ever had. It was a big deal to him to score and everyone on the team was so happy for him. It was a great moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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