Eddie LeBaron was the most successful quarterback in 1953-1963 and proved being small doesn’t mean you can’t be good at football. He played multiple sports but he played one sport for all the taller kids. He even got an award for being small he got the award in high school when playing basketball. He had all things going good but he was made fun of being the short people used to make him feel like he should be in middle school, because of being so short. Would you believe that Eddie LeBaron was the shortest quarterback of the 1960s? One of Eddie LeBarons other interest was basketball, he was one of the smallest guys in basketball. He had even gotten an award because he had been the smallest basketball player. He also had trouble with people picking on him because he was playing a sport for all the taller kids. He hated being made fun so he changed his sport to football and he thought it would be a better choice. So he stuck with football and still played basketball for fun. Even when playing football he missed playing basketball, but when he thought of all the torture he went though he let it go. Even when remembering all those kids he still forgave them later in life and actually were friends with them. “All people have to be forgiven”-Eddie LeBaron…show more content… In addition, he worked for him for four years, until he had decided his passion still stayed for with him. He was a successful lawyer who liked to help Howard get through everything that had been going through. He also had the chance to see the president of the united states of america. Not only...but also, he got an award from the Marine corps for helping them saving people that were in trouble. Also, he was surprised when he met the president and he got the honor to get the award given to him by the president. “ Here's to the greatest tiger of them all”, this is something that Eddie LeBaron said when making a toast with the
