Give a gift, get a gift! Receive a bonus gift card for any $25+ gift card purchase through Dec. 31!

This section doesn’t currently include any content. Add content to this section using the sidebar.

Image caption appears here

Add your deal, information or promotional text

1968 Press Photo Bob ( Captain Crunch) McCurry returned

Every photo in our collection is an original vintage print from a newspaper or news service archive, not a digital image. Please see our FAQ for more information.

Description
Caption: The Captain still has a biteBob ( Captain Crunch) McCurry returned to Detroit last week, some might say, to bite the handthat once fed him.McCurry,a former All-America linebacker and team captain at Michigan State University, earnedthe sobriquet during 28 years at Chrysler, the last three as group vice-president of U.S.automotive sales.Once offered pro football contracts with San Francisco and Detroit, McCurry was frequently accused by dealers and fellow executives of employing bulldozer-like tactics as head of DodgeDivision and later as national sales boss.IT'S Been seven years since he departed the domestic auto industry --McCurry bailed out inearly 1978, about six months before Lee lacocca was recruited to resuscitate the flounderingautomaker-- but he doesn't besitate tackling former.

The front and back of this photograph are pictured below:


Add to Wishlist

Search