Kansas City Chiefs and tuba
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:20 am
From ESPN….
“… How playing the tuba changed Harrison Butker's career arc
The Chiefs' Harrison Butker is the second-most accurate kicker in league history, behind the Baltimore Ravens' Justin Tucker, and it's all thanks to playing the tuba.
Butker and Jeff Oser were tuba players in the band at Westminster High School in Atlanta. Butker also played club soccer, while Oser was the football team's kicker. When Oser was about to graduate, he told the football team's kicking coach, Joe Sturniolo, about Butker.
Butker gave football a shot. Within a year, he gave up club soccer to focus on a new sport.
"He thought his future was in soccer," Sturniolo said. "I told Jeff Oser ... he should be an NFL GM, because he's the one that found Harrison." -- Katherine Terrell”……
“… How playing the tuba changed Harrison Butker's career arc
The Chiefs' Harrison Butker is the second-most accurate kicker in league history, behind the Baltimore Ravens' Justin Tucker, and it's all thanks to playing the tuba.
Butker and Jeff Oser were tuba players in the band at Westminster High School in Atlanta. Butker also played club soccer, while Oser was the football team's kicker. When Oser was about to graduate, he told the football team's kicking coach, Joe Sturniolo, about Butker.
Butker gave football a shot. Within a year, he gave up club soccer to focus on a new sport.
"He thought his future was in soccer," Sturniolo said. "I told Jeff Oser ... he should be an NFL GM, because he's the one that found Harrison." -- Katherine Terrell”……
