I first met him in 2002. My attorney friend Karl Kaminski set up the meeting after I got off work. We met at the Essen Haus in downtown Madison. Karl and I had trout fished together a couple times and Bob was a brook trout fishing nut.
The first time I met Bob we exchanged a firm handshake. I could not help but notice Bob was wearing his Super Bowl One and Two rings. He wore one ring on each hand. I also notice Bob’s gnarly fingers. The majority of them were crooked and his knuckles were oversized due to jamming them and dislocating them often during his playing days.