![]() ![]() “I don’t feel like I can tell a bunch of grown-ups anything that would be rewarding for either them or me,” is the case Mann makes. He gladly would work with the Big Brothers, Special Olympics, March of Dimes or Children’s Hospital but had no interest in shooting the breeze with, say, a bunch of middle-aged boosters or Washington politicians. He said he would be happy to help out the franchise with off-the-field projects, but only if they concerned children. The class became involved with the Big Brothers program, and Charles took a hard case named Jerome, 14, under his wing, and helped turn the kid around.Īfter the Redskins claimed him in the third round of the 1983 college draft, Mann made a request. There was a college course he was taking, for which he had signed up because it looked like an easy credit. ![]() Knowing how confused kids can get, particularly in times of trouble, Mann went through some changes himself, and decided to donate his services. ![]() The football player cherished his relationship with his father, remembering how he and the other children used to rub his back when he came home worn out from driving a department store delivery truck all day, and remembering how he almost quit football, even considered dropping out of school, so devastated was he by his dad’s death. ![]()
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