Bryan Sperry, an 89-year-old World War II veteran scored the best touchdown of Kansas’ alumni scrimmage this year, in his return to the Jayhawks nearly seven decades after he played in the 1948 Orange Bowl.
These days, Sperry says, there aren’t many living members from that 1947 Orange Bowl team. Sperry estimates close to a dozen or so. So a few months ago, when he heard that KU, his old football program, was having an alumni scrimmage before its spring game, Sperry thought that sounded like a great idea.
“That was fun,” Sperry said. “I didn’t know if I could run.”
