I've heard that from several other people that met him. It's a shame he got into that counterfeiting mess, but you reap what you sow.
Cannon got a short prison term as did some of the other principles to the counterfeiting operation. One guy whose only crime was passing the bills got 18 years.
A 5 year sentence with 2 1/2 years served does seem rather light. I wonder how much, if any, because of his name & fame?
It was mostly because he cooperated, testified against the others, and was a model prisoner on good behavior. He has never told anybody why, other than to say they were the stupidest bunch of criminals ever.
Just a little something to get everybody back in football mode. OBJ does it again against Darrelle Revis. Catch didn't count because his feet were out of bounds but still an amazing catch http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...de1e4b0b7a9633947e3?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
Your post caused me to do a little research via Google. Pete Dawkins, a running back from Army won the Heisman in 1958. Billy finished 3rd in the voting. I was surprised at Army's record in 1958. They finished 8-0-1 and were ranked 3rd in the nation.
Army was the one of the winningest teams in college football when there were still student athletes. Deitzel left LSU to go to Army.
