Some sad news to share this morning, Mike Daly (class of '72) passed away suddenly on Monday. For the younger generation, Mike was a former player and was on the 1971 team that played UCLA in the NCAA Finals (w/ Porter, Smith, Siemiontkowski, Ford, Ingelsby, etc).
I'm only 38 so I wasn't around to see those games so most of my knowledge is only from what I've read over the years. I know there are posters on the board that were and could probably tell some great stories about those teams and maybe share some of the experiences watching them play.
I got to know Mr. Daly a bit over the last fifteen years as his daughter was my wife's roommate at Villanova (class of '01). What I can say is that I thoroughly enjoyed my times speaking with him, he was a very kind and warm man and the Daly's are a wonderful family that bleed Villanova blue.
I know he was still close to the program so I'm sure there are people here that know him much better than I did but I wanted to share the service information (below) since they'll take place this week. RIP Mr. Daly.
http://donohuefuneralhome.tributes.com/obituary/read/Michael-Joseph-Daly-103323253
I'm only 38 so I wasn't around to see those games so most of my knowledge is only from what I've read over the years. I know there are posters on the board that were and could probably tell some great stories about those teams and maybe share some of the experiences watching them play.
I got to know Mr. Daly a bit over the last fifteen years as his daughter was my wife's roommate at Villanova (class of '01). What I can say is that I thoroughly enjoyed my times speaking with him, he was a very kind and warm man and the Daly's are a wonderful family that bleed Villanova blue.
I know he was still close to the program so I'm sure there are people here that know him much better than I did but I wanted to share the service information (below) since they'll take place this week. RIP Mr. Daly.
http://donohuefuneralhome.tributes.com/obituary/read/Michael-Joseph-Daly-103323253
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