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Posted: 11/3/2017 8:00 AM
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His Columbus Mifflin team returns to the playoffs for the first time in 19 years this weekend, hosting Ashland in a D-II first round game. Anthony was our QB back in the early '90s...
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Posted: 11/3/2017 11:09 AM
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brucecuth wrote:expand_more
His Columbus Mifflin team returns to the playoffs for the first time in 19 years this weekend, hosting Ashland in a D-II first round game. Anthony was our QB back in the early '90s...
Been following him since his Brookhaven coaching days. Good coach, puts lots into his community and kids.

On another note, we need to get him nominated for the OHIO Hall of Fame.

First NCAA QB at the Division I level to throw for 5,000 and rush for 1,500 in a career.
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Posted: 11/3/2017 12:18 PM
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His son is Mifflin's star receiver, I believe a sophomore.
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Posted: 11/3/2017 12:35 PM
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BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
His Columbus Mifflin team returns to the playoffs for the first time in 19 years this weekend, hosting Ashland in a D-II first round game. Anthony was our QB back in the early '90s...
Been following him since his Brookhaven coaching days. Good coach, puts lots into his community and kids.

On another note, we need to get him nominated for the OHIO Hall of Fame.

First NCAA QB at the Division I level to throw for 5,000 and rush for 1,500 in a career.
HEAR HEAR!!!
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Posted: 11/3/2017 3:59 PM
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BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
On another note, we need to get him nominated for the OHIO Hall of Fame.

First NCAA QB at the Division I level to throw for 5,000 and rush for 1,500 in a career.
Hmmmmmmm. So I looked him up in the media guide. Here's where he stands all-time in various categories:

#3 Passing yards
#3 Completions
#4 yards per game
#2 total yards
#9 total Tds

Was a 4 year starter.... Unfortunately for him it was an era where the Bobcats struggled mightily for wins....
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Posted: 11/6/2017 7:04 AM
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Also still alive after week one of the OHSAA playoffs
Andrew Mooney NDCL
Andre Parker Winton Woods
Sean Williams Bedford

Former Bobcats having success in the coaching ranks.
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Posted: 11/6/2017 9:23 PM
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Mark Lembright '85 wrote:expand_more
His Columbus Mifflin team returns to the playoffs for the first time in 19 years this weekend, hosting Ashland in a D-II first round game. Anthony was our QB back in the early '90s...
Been following him since his Brookhaven coaching days. Good coach, puts lots into his community and kids.

On another note, we need to get him nominated for the OHIO Hall of Fame.

First NCAA QB at the Division I level to throw for 5,000 and rush for 1,500 in a career.
HEAR HEAR!!!
Dilly! Dilly!
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Posted: 11/7/2017 8:52 AM
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I believe he played in the late 1980s, correct? He was saddled with the worst coaching staff in the history of Ohio football. Cleve Bryant was very critical of Thornton's high interception ratio and once told a reporter (and, ultimately, opposing coaches) that if AT threw an INT, he wouldn't be allowed to attempt a pass the rest of the game.
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SBH wrote:expand_more
I believe he played in the late 1980s, correct? He was saddled with the worst coaching staff in the history of Ohio football. Cleve Bryant was very critical of Thornton's high interception ratio and once told a reporter (and, ultimately, opposing coaches) that if AT threw an INT, he wouldn't be allowed to attempt a pass the rest of the game.
This is why I have only a dim memory of Mr. Thornton. I've tried so hard, and have been so successful, in repressing memories of OHIO football at that time. Perhaps I need memory restoration therapy, so I can remember a few of the good things that occurred at that time.
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