His story is as well known in Indiana as Wootten's is here. Hecklinski grinningly admits he has used the celebrity to gain advantage with officials. I'm not supposed to be acting crazy. Give me a call. He swears he's gotten a few, too.
Sports brings all sorts of folks together.
We've seen games where brothers coached against each other, and where fathers coached against sons. But this will be the first one in which men living on borrowed time because they received liver transplants will be coaching against each other. At first Anderson High was denied permission from state authorities to schedule the game here. The state rule is that no high school team may go beyond 300 miles to play a game. Hecklinski made his appeal simple.