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If only Connor Duffy can find those big shoes to fill
Scott Chappelear/Gloucester County TimesKingsway Regional High junior Connor Duffy is hoping to be a two-way tackle for the Dragons football team this fall, but the 6-foot-8 16-year-old can't find the size 22 cleats he needs to be able to take the field.
Throughout the state this month,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], high school football players are getting kicked off the practice field for the usual reasons.
Regional High in South Jersey a giant, to use the words of his mother who is expected to use his 300-pound frame to anchor the offensive line this season.
The kid everyone calls Bubba is hopeful he might be good enough to earn a college
scholarship in a few years,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], maybe even to his favorite team, the Texas Longhorns.
His size-22 feet. His mother,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Gretchen Duffy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], cannot find cleats that fit his humongous hoofs,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and it isn like she hasn been looking. She been trying to find a pair all summer.
got to be somebody out there who has cleats his size,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], she said Wednesday. already rolled his ankle once and had to miss a couple days of practice because he not getting good traction. her son can do is wait and worry. It is almost remarkable to think about it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], really. This is 2010,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a time when you can order up almost any obscure piece of sports equipment imaginable and have it shipped to your house before the end of the next business day.
Gretchen Duffy called the customer service hotlines for Nike, Eastbay, Adidas, Under Armor and New Balance. Then she called their corporate offices, too, without a single returned call.
She took her story to the local media. The Gloucester County Times did a two-page spread, complete with photos. The local radio station picked it up, then three local TV stations.
a little weird, Connor said. didn realize I get this much attention for having big feet. was just the start. From there,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it went national. only am I amazed at the attention,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Gretchen Duffy said,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], think it great. It very nice to see the enormous response we gotten from people we never met. still .
cleats yet. this is the first time the family has had trouble getting footwear for Bubba, whose nickname was a perfect fit from birth. He weighed 10 pounds,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 10 ounces and measured 23 inches when he came into the world, leading his mother to crack, came out a toddler. wore a man size 10 by the time he was in sixth grade. His freshman season at Kingsway (he sat out last season),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he wore size 18 cleats. Now, they are size 22. At this rate, if he makes the NFL, he actually be able to buy something to cover his feet at the sporting good store.
Connor has relied on special-order shoes from Eastbay and the good will of strangers. His mother had a connection to the Philadelphia 76ers, and 7-0 center Jason Smith donated a pair of his sneakers. They are relegated to the closet now. They just size 19s.
The family is holding out hope that maybe a pro team will help again. The Eagles offered to bring him in for a special fitting,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but they still waiting to hear back. The Giants, through spokesman Pat Hanlon,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], said the team would also reach out and offer their help.
Gretchen Duffy wants to it forward and start a website dedicated to trading and acquiring massive footwear of all kinds in hopes that nobody else will have to go through with this again.
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