'Bengal Bob' shares memories of Cincinnati football
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Courtesy of Barb Cole
Hillsboro resident and longtime Cincinnati Bengals fan "Bengal Bob" Kratzer recently shared some of his sports memorabilia collection, including a 1979 autographed photo of the first Bengals head coach, Hall of Famer Paul Brown.
Kratzer also owns a 1976 Ford Gran Torino, painted in the Bengals' orange and black. The Gran Torino was on display at a recent cruise-in in uptown Hillsboro. The car was purchased new with a factory custom-designed paint scheme in support of the Bengals.
Kratzer began attending Bengals' training camps in 1968 – the team's first season – at Wilmington College. In a Western Star after Paul Brown's death on Aug. 5, 1991, Kratzer said he began his love affair with the Bengals in 1967 when Brown founded the franchise.
"I always said if a team comes to Cincinnati, I would back them, win, lose or draw," Kratzer told Lebanon Western Star sports editor Dale Conner.
Kratzer said Brown and the Bengals players always made his family, wife Dorothy and daughters Debbie and Denise, feel welcome at the team's Wilmington College training camps.
The Bengals (4-3) lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 45-10, on Sunday night. Cincinnati hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3) at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at Paul Brown Stadium.
Hillsboro resident and longtime Cincinnati Bengals fan "Bengal Bob" Kratzer recently shared some of his sports memorabilia collection, including a 1979 autographed photo of the first Bengals head coach, Hall of Famer Paul Brown.
Kratzer also owns a 1976 Ford Gran Torino, painted in the Bengals' orange and black. The Gran Torino was on display at a recent cruise-in in uptown Hillsboro. The car was purchased new with a factory custom-designed paint scheme in support of the Bengals.
Kratzer began attending Bengals' training camps in 1968 – the team's first season – at Wilmington College. In a Western Star after Paul Brown's death on Aug. 5, 1991, Kratzer said he began his love affair with the Bengals in 1967 when Brown founded the franchise.
"I always said if a team comes to Cincinnati, I would back them, win, lose or draw," Kratzer told Lebanon Western Star sports editor Dale Conner.
Kratzer said Brown and the Bengals players always made his family, wife Dorothy and daughters Debbie and Denise, feel welcome at the team's Wilmington College training camps.
The Bengals (4-3) lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 45-10, on Sunday night. Cincinnati hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3) at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at Paul Brown Stadium.