When I was going to college in Iowa City, my roommate worked a summer job with Roy Marble, and Roy's girlfriend (or maybe one of his girlfriends) lived in the apartment one floor above us.
Often times when he visited her, they would get into an argument and she would kick him out, so he'd come down to our apartment and mooch a couple beers and just hang out with us for an hour or two, watch movies or a ball game, to give Roy's "lady some cooling-off time." Then he'd leave us to go apologize to her.
He was a really good guy, and liked to laugh.
We also would sometimes play with Roy in pickup basketball games at the old Field House, even though Dr. Tom didn't want his players doing that. Roy couldn't follow that rule, he just loved the game too much, and wanted to play all the time.
And he was one of the best Hawkeyes ever.
RIP Roy Marble.
Often times when he visited her, they would get into an argument and she would kick him out, so he'd come down to our apartment and mooch a couple beers and just hang out with us for an hour or two, watch movies or a ball game, to give Roy's "lady some cooling-off time." Then he'd leave us to go apologize to her.
He was a really good guy, and liked to laugh.
We also would sometimes play with Roy in pickup basketball games at the old Field House, even though Dr. Tom didn't want his players doing that. Roy couldn't follow that rule, he just loved the game too much, and wanted to play all the time.
And he was one of the best Hawkeyes ever.
RIP Roy Marble.
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