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Unbelievable news out of Akron today. Stu Tolle, former Falcon great, passed away yesterday at his Akron home.

http://blog.cleveland.com/tlr/2009/06/p ... l_coa.html

One of my co-workers just told me. Her son played football at Copley.

My deepest sympathies and prayers out to the family...I think I will try and attend the calling hours as well.

God bless Stu Tolle...

Wow what a shock. Very sad indeed. Mr. Tolle was the missus' favorite teacher at Coventry High. She has always had good things to say about him.

That's a terrible tragedy. Thoughts and prayers to everyone involved.

My co-worker just informed me there will be a story on Fox 8 News at 6 tonight for those in the Cleveland area.

A memorial is planned for Copley HS tomorrow at 5.

Stu was one of the guys that made BG football special. Not just because he was a great player - and he was - but because he was a genuinely great guy. How tragic and sad to see such a vibrant life cut short.

Prayers and sympathies to his family and all who knew him.

I hate to say it, but his name just does not ring with me as far as his falcon football days. Can someone enlighten me on his football career at BG?

What a GREAT guy. Always had a smile on his face, and would go out of his way to say hello, where ever you were. I cried like a baby when I heard this.

http://www.fox8.com/video/?autoStart=tr ... Id=3820000

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2213454561

Redwingtom wrote:I hate to say it, but his name just does not ring with me as far as his falcon football days. Can someone enlighten me on his football career at BG?

Tom,

Stu played at BGSU from 1981-84 and was a solid player along the D line. I believe he earned 2nd Team All MAC in his career. He had a BiG fumble recovery in the 1982 Raisin Bowl...a game BG led 28-7 after 3 quarters only to lose 29-28 in the closing seconds.

Mrs. Freak's cousin, Mike Foor, played with Stu and said he was one of the best dudes on the team. He played briefly in the NFL with the Lions and Browns and Arizona Ranglers of the USFL.

For any of us that were around back then and knew Stu, he would definitely be on your "all time list of favorite players". He was just that likable. Those were the days of Brian McClure, Stan Hunter, Dave Bittner, Mike Foor and many other GREAT guys, and Denny Stolz was the coach. What memories.

One of my favorite stories about Stu, is one game (I don't remember which), when they came out of the locker room all jacked up, ready to play and he went to jump up and high five our backup QB, and they MISSED and he hit him squarely on the helment. The backup QB ended up on the ground knocked out!

Falconfreak90 wrote:Stu played at BGSU from 1981-84 and was a solid player along the D line. I believe he earned 2nd Team All MAC in his career. He had a BiG fumble recovery in the 1982 Raisin Bowl...a game BG led 28-7 after 3 quarters only to lose 29-28 in the closing seconds.

Seems like that pic is in a program or media guide somewhere...Hmmm...

http://bgsusports.com/football/stutollebio.pdf



(Tolle is the guy being wrangled by a teammate behind the ref, I believe.)

TG1996 wrote:http://bgsusports.com/football/stutollebio.pdf



(Tolle is the guy being wrangled by a teammate behind the ref, I believe.)

Classic Pic...

I got to know Stu when he was at BG and most everyone will never know what a great guy he was. From his class only Martin Bayless and Mark Emans were drafted into the NFL. Martin had a good career in the NFL and Mark was one of the last to get cut by the Packers. Stu signed as a FA I believe and made it into the NFL first with the Browns and then the Lions. The man loved football.