Mully & Haugh reflect on the great Bob Love's legacy

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00:00and Bob Love meant so much to the Bulls in those days, 81 years old.

00:04Great story, Bob Love.

00:06Oh, you know what?

00:06He had a stutter and he had to overcome that.

00:09I was at something where in his latter years, he was a Bulls ambassador.

00:13Yes.

00:13So he would be around the community.

00:15Yes.

00:15This is probably 10 to 15 years ago.

00:18I was at the Tribune.

00:19I was covering something and he was one of the speakers.

00:21And I have to say that I'm sure that he told this story time and again.

00:24And if you want to read it, Sam Smith on Bulls.com has a tremendous

00:28tribute because Sam was close, I think, with Bob Love and really respected him.

00:33Bob Love, after his playing days were over and he was a great Bull,

00:38was in financial hardship, went bankrupt.

00:41A leading scorer in Bulls history for a long period of time.

00:43Yes.

00:44And yet, in spite of that, he was down on his luck in Seattle,

00:50went to work as a dishwasher, a busboy, making like $4.45 an hour.

00:55Right.

00:56And couldn't overcome the stutter.

00:59Yes.

01:00And then he found out in Seattle help for it, a therapist that helped him get past it.

01:07And then he became somebody who would talk about his story as an ambassador.

01:11He took this group.

01:12I forget where it was, but this group, it was probably a lunch crowd.

01:16They were moved by the way that he talked about.

01:20Right.

01:21What he went through.

01:22And it was impossible not to be.

01:24Ton of respect for him.

01:26Big loss for the franchise.

01:27And 81 years old.

01:29Rest in peace.

01:30Yeah.

01:30He apparently had a long battle with cancer.

01:34So it's sad to, you know, we stand on the shoulders of giants and that organization.

01:42He was one of the first superstars in that organization and a great player.

01:47And as you say, a great ambassador, a lovely man, like a very,

01:52a very nice person, really good guy.

01:56Bob Love in all of my dealings with him over the years.

02:00And yeah, I figure from my childhood.

02:02I always had that reputation as being just a real great guy and terrific ambassador.

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