Calkins: At age 93, Father Vieron is the heart and soul of the Touchdown Club
Father Nicholas Vieron, a 93-year-old Greek Orthodox priest, has been delivering blessings at the Touchdown Club for more than 40 years. (Ziggy Mack/Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
People come to the Touchdown Club to hear college football coaches — and a 93-year-old Greek Orthodox priest who has been delivering the blessing for more than four decades.
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