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Weekly Hard Hat Award (Game #4, @ New Orleans)

October 08, 2002 by Still Mill

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Faneca Wins Weekly Hard Hat Award (Game #4, @ New Orleans)

Stiller OG Alan Faneca is the winner of our weekly Hard Hat Award, given to the Stiller player who best embodies the iron-tough, hard-as-steel attitude of the steel workers inside the blast furnace of a still mill.

Faneca received a nasty gash in his head while blocking, and went to the sideline with blood flowing from the gash.Like a real trooper, Faneca was hastily taped up, and then trotted back into the game to lead Bettis on a 6-yard TD run.After the score, Faneca did what any maniacal football player would do -- he head-butted Bettis.Faneca later got stitches in the locker room, but came back and finished the game like a true warrior.In all, Faneca had a solid game, and he was not about to let this injury keep him from contributing to the team effort.This is what football is all about, and this is what the Hard Hat Award is all about�the grittiness and nastiness to sneer at blood and injury, and valiantly march on in battle.If only his teammates had shown the kind of grit and heart that Faneca had, the Stillers would have handily won this game.��

Kudos to Alan for winning the weekly Hard Hat Award.Wear the Hard Hat proudly (but carefully), Alan!!

Game # 3, vs. Clev:Tommy Maddox
Game # 2, vs. Oak:Joey Porter
Game # 1, @ NE:No winner, due to total lack of Hard Hat-qualifying play.

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