Roby's death came too soon.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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COPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal

Byline: Dave Hyde

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ On the day before a game, when the site was a dome, as bystanders watched with amusement, Reggie Roby would swing his right leg into a football with such force it would rocket up ... up ... and bounce against the ceiling?

Did it? Could it? Some Dolphins teammates would point and nod. Others would point and argue. Then someone would toss another ball, a few more small bets would be taken and Roby would launch another football up, up, toward the ceiling. And then another.

And, well, that's how we want to remember our sports figures, isn't it? Some fun...

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