“The 25 Days Of Husky Christmas” – 25 Days ‘Til

by Jeff Wright, posted in Christmas

Counting down “The 25 Days of Husky Christmas”…..

“DubLife” is doing its second season of the annual Holiday countdown to Christmas highlighting special moments and statistics in Husky Athletics history.  Our segment is meant to bring positive thoughts of our favorite university during a time of the year where thanks and reflection is at the forefront of our minds.

 

 

25 DAYS ‘TIL CHRISTMAS

The number 25 signifies the jersey number of defensive back Curtis Williams from the 2000 Washington Huskies Football team and his inspiring moment.

Williams had suffered a life altering injury during a game at Stanford and was left paralyzed from the neck down afterwards.

While the Huskies were competing in the 2001 Rose Bowl game, Williams attended the game in his wheel chair in an emotional moment.

Before the game, Williams met with teammates in the locker room and he was named the fourth captain of the game.  Players gestured to the press box during the game where Williams was sitting with his family!

His presence and inspiration propelled the Huskies to a 34-24 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers, while they wore his initials on their jerseys.

 

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Published by Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright is the “Owner/Editor In Chief” for DubLife and has over 28 years of experience and knowledge of Husky Sports. He also is a Huskies Radio Analyst on various shows including the weekly Radio/Podcast show “Dawg Thoughts”. Jeff has extensively covered Husky Football, Husky Basketball, Husky Baseball, Husky Softball and Husky fanfare events. As a former athlete and Letterman at the University of Washington in Men’s Tennis, his passion and charisma for the Huskies shows in his writing, expert coverage and analysis.