November 10, 2009 in Sports

Ex-WV star, three other ‘88 grads from area played in NFL

Mike Vlahovich mikev@spokesman.com, (509) 927-2180

Tags: NFL then and now Tim Hanshaw

Tim Hanshaw, as a West Valley Eagle in the 1980s, and helping San Francisco 49ers teammates Terrell Owens (81) and Jerry Rice (80) celebrate a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers.Spokesman-Review archive,
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The timing was perfect last Thursday to catch up on the whereabouts of Tim Hanshaw and chat.

“I have all the time in the world,” the ex-West Valley, BYU and San Francisco 49er football lineman said in a phone interview. “I have Blue Tooth in my car and am just sitting here with traffic all around me on the freeway.”

The Los Angeles traffic was backed up, he discovered later, because a car had crashed over the divider on I-405. While creeping along he also offered this amazing reminder.

“I tell people there were four of us in the same …

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