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In August of 2004, Henry Breckenridge was a SR LB playing in his last season at ESU. The opener that year took the Warriors to Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory, NC, which meant a long bus trip to start the season, but the team was looking forward to it. It was 80 degrees at KO that night and very humid.
The Warriors held off the Bears to win 26-21, and Breckenridge led his team in tackles with 9. After the game, the team immediately got on the bus and devoured the post-game meal of KFC. My radio partner and I made the road trip on the bus and enjoyed the meal as well. Pretty soon, the bus started to smell of a combination of mud, sweat and KFC...
Shortly after the meal, It became apparent that Henry was in a bit of distress, and his hamstrings began to tighten up. His only form of relief came from lyir, ng face down in the aisle of the bus, in uniform, breathing in all the funk wafting around the bottom of that bus. So for the better part of 11 hours, Henry Breckenridge laid in the bottom of the bus with aching hamstrings, and it never diminished his passion for competing with his teammates.
After ESU, Henry Breckenridge went on to be a successful member of another team, the Peabody Massachusetts Police Department, where he served for many years and focused much of his work on the young people in his community.
Earlier this week, Henry went in to the hospital for a non-emergency procedure, but suffered complications during the operation, and he never recovered. Always a Warrior, may he forever rest in peace.
https://www.salemnews.com/news/peabo...4b4b86c5e.html
The Warriors held off the Bears to win 26-21, and Breckenridge led his team in tackles with 9. After the game, the team immediately got on the bus and devoured the post-game meal of KFC. My radio partner and I made the road trip on the bus and enjoyed the meal as well. Pretty soon, the bus started to smell of a combination of mud, sweat and KFC...
Shortly after the meal, It became apparent that Henry was in a bit of distress, and his hamstrings began to tighten up. His only form of relief came from lyir, ng face down in the aisle of the bus, in uniform, breathing in all the funk wafting around the bottom of that bus. So for the better part of 11 hours, Henry Breckenridge laid in the bottom of the bus with aching hamstrings, and it never diminished his passion for competing with his teammates.
After ESU, Henry Breckenridge went on to be a successful member of another team, the Peabody Massachusetts Police Department, where he served for many years and focused much of his work on the young people in his community.
Earlier this week, Henry went in to the hospital for a non-emergency procedure, but suffered complications during the operation, and he never recovered. Always a Warrior, may he forever rest in peace.
https://www.salemnews.com/news/peabo...4b4b86c5e.html
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