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04-14-2004, 11:22 PM
Nfl: Twain Wreck
NFL: TWAIN WRECK Apr 15 2004
Ex-Claymores star snubs a date with Shania for Hampden day out with his Scottishfans
By Gary Ralston
FORMER Claymores star Dante Hall has snubbed Shania Twain to visit his fans in Scotland.
The Kansas City Chiefs kick returner, the Claymores' first NFL superstar, will be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame before their Hampden clash with the Amsterdam Admirals on Sunday.
Hall had a sensational season with the Chiefs, broke an NFL record by returning four kick-offs for touchdowns and was named to the all-star Pro Bowl team for the second year in a row.
The NFL Special Teams' player of the year has been a guest on the David Letterman show, the Chiefs sold over 50,000 of his No.82 shirts and he is recognised on the street in major US cities.
His every move in Scotland is being recorded by NFL Films for broadcast back in the States and he revealed how he turned down the chance to present an award at the Country Music Television awards in Nashville with Shania to visit old haunts such as Stirling and the training ground at Stepps.
Hall, 25, who played for the Claymores in2001, said: 'The debt I owe to the Claymores and Scotland is enormous and it's why I'm here this week I could be sitting with Shania Twain in Nashville.
'It's amazing to think I was insulted when the Chiefs first asked me to go to Scotland three years ago because I took it to mean they didn't think I was good enough to play for them.
'Only now, when I look back on my whole time here,can I appreciate how much it helped me to develop on and off the field and why they wanted me to come here.
'I was a guy with a bad reputation and a bad attitude but no more. I grew up so much as a person and a player and Scotland stopped me being so closed-minded.'
The Claymores have lost their first two games on the road and are desperate for a win over the Admirals. Hall said: 'I'm tempted to suit up and lend a hand because there's so little room for error in the NFL Europe League.
'But I'm confident they can do it and I'm looking forward to meeting up with the fans again at the game.'
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...-name_page.html
NFL: TWAIN WRECK Apr 15 2004
Ex-Claymores star snubs a date with Shania for Hampden day out with his Scottishfans
By Gary Ralston
FORMER Claymores star Dante Hall has snubbed Shania Twain to visit his fans in Scotland.
The Kansas City Chiefs kick returner, the Claymores' first NFL superstar, will be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame before their Hampden clash with the Amsterdam Admirals on Sunday.
Hall had a sensational season with the Chiefs, broke an NFL record by returning four kick-offs for touchdowns and was named to the all-star Pro Bowl team for the second year in a row.
The NFL Special Teams' player of the year has been a guest on the David Letterman show, the Chiefs sold over 50,000 of his No.82 shirts and he is recognised on the street in major US cities.
His every move in Scotland is being recorded by NFL Films for broadcast back in the States and he revealed how he turned down the chance to present an award at the Country Music Television awards in Nashville with Shania to visit old haunts such as Stirling and the training ground at Stepps.
Hall, 25, who played for the Claymores in2001, said: 'The debt I owe to the Claymores and Scotland is enormous and it's why I'm here this week I could be sitting with Shania Twain in Nashville.
'It's amazing to think I was insulted when the Chiefs first asked me to go to Scotland three years ago because I took it to mean they didn't think I was good enough to play for them.
'Only now, when I look back on my whole time here,can I appreciate how much it helped me to develop on and off the field and why they wanted me to come here.
'I was a guy with a bad reputation and a bad attitude but no more. I grew up so much as a person and a player and Scotland stopped me being so closed-minded.'
The Claymores have lost their first two games on the road and are desperate for a win over the Admirals. Hall said: 'I'm tempted to suit up and lend a hand because there's so little room for error in the NFL Europe League.
'But I'm confident they can do it and I'm looking forward to meeting up with the fans again at the game.'
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...-name_page.html