I recall two chance meetings with sports greats but can't claim to have been very cool.
In 1973, I interviewed for an associate position with an Atlanta law firm. At the day of my interview, the firm arranged for its client Hank Aaron to be at the office. We shook hands and I expressed my appreciation for his career. Hank struck me as a pretty serious fellow, at least in that setting. His new wife, however, I believe a tv personality, was vivacious and friendly. Epilogue: I didn't get the job.
I had two jobs in the federal government in the 90s that required me to attend congressional hearings. At one such hearing one of the witnesses preparing to testify was Jim Brown. I walked up to him, he was seated, and shook his hand and told him that I thought he was the greatest football player I had ever seen. He asked my name. He was quite serious, maybe because his attention was focused on his upcoming testimony which, if memory serves, was about his efforts to combat juvenile delinquency.
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