January 27, 2020 at 9:27 p.m.
Brewster leaves a timeless legacy
Letter to the editor
To the editor:
My grief hit me as I was watching the Tennessee Titans and the Kansas City Chiefs play in the AFC Championship game.
My heart began to ache, but also was filled with joy at the same time. I know at the end of the game he was smiling upon his team. If only he could have been here for Super Bowl LIV, it would have been another of his dreams come true.
This marks the 50th year since he helped coach the Chiefs to the Super Bowl title. They haven’t been back since. I am sure if he were still with us, he would be an honorary coach on the sideline.
He passed just a month to early with his work on earth for the Kingdom of Heaven finished. How bittersweet.
I came to know Pete Brewster personally in the summer of 2013 upon a meeting for a photo at Jay County Historical Society set up by Dave Frasher. My neighbor, John Bright, Pete and I became fast friends at that point. It seems that we all had basketball in common, among other things. We became another sort “3Bs” again for these past seven years.
Pete and I always looked forward to the summertime when we could return “home” from Missouri and Utah to see each other, family and friends. We spent time together, often with Bright as well, having coffee, going to the historical society and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, sitting around the campground listening to Pete strumming his guitar, watching the horse races at the fairgrounds, going to church and many more memorable times together.
I never knew until The Commercial Review’s beautiful story “A Legend Gone” just how prestigious Pete was. I just knew Pete for being Pete. He never was one to talk about himself.
My dad’s best advice to me growing up was that I should always make others feel important and genuinely listen and build them up positively. I had never seen it put into action the way Pete could. It didn’t matter who it was, Pete always had time and left you smiling. It was a gift.
He would always share his love for Jesus with those he met. One of my very cherished memories of Pete was a time I was getting IV treatment at the hospital. We just texted back and forth our favorite Bible verses for five hours. He always tried to be the hands and feet of Jesus, which is what I admired most about my good friend Pete. He truly was a humble and kind man.
His legacy will be timeless, and that time will never tarnish what a talent he was, but even moreso what a saint he was. “He fought the good fight. He finished the race. He kept the faith.” — 2 Timothy 4:78
He will be missed, but for we believers in Christ Jesus, we will meet again someday.
Go Chiefs. This one is for Pete.
RIP, my friend.
Shannon Freeman-Frogge
Heber City Utah
Editor’s note: Brewster, a 1948 Portland High School graduate who went on to a 22-year career as an NFL player and coach, died Jan. 3. Freeman-Frogge is Jay County High School’s all-time leading scorer in girls basketball. She was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018, joining Brewster (1998) and Bright (2002).
My grief hit me as I was watching the Tennessee Titans and the Kansas City Chiefs play in the AFC Championship game.
My heart began to ache, but also was filled with joy at the same time. I know at the end of the game he was smiling upon his team. If only he could have been here for Super Bowl LIV, it would have been another of his dreams come true.
This marks the 50th year since he helped coach the Chiefs to the Super Bowl title. They haven’t been back since. I am sure if he were still with us, he would be an honorary coach on the sideline.
He passed just a month to early with his work on earth for the Kingdom of Heaven finished. How bittersweet.
I came to know Pete Brewster personally in the summer of 2013 upon a meeting for a photo at Jay County Historical Society set up by Dave Frasher. My neighbor, John Bright, Pete and I became fast friends at that point. It seems that we all had basketball in common, among other things. We became another sort “3Bs” again for these past seven years.
Pete and I always looked forward to the summertime when we could return “home” from Missouri and Utah to see each other, family and friends. We spent time together, often with Bright as well, having coffee, going to the historical society and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, sitting around the campground listening to Pete strumming his guitar, watching the horse races at the fairgrounds, going to church and many more memorable times together.
I never knew until The Commercial Review’s beautiful story “A Legend Gone” just how prestigious Pete was. I just knew Pete for being Pete. He never was one to talk about himself.
My dad’s best advice to me growing up was that I should always make others feel important and genuinely listen and build them up positively. I had never seen it put into action the way Pete could. It didn’t matter who it was, Pete always had time and left you smiling. It was a gift.
He would always share his love for Jesus with those he met. One of my very cherished memories of Pete was a time I was getting IV treatment at the hospital. We just texted back and forth our favorite Bible verses for five hours. He always tried to be the hands and feet of Jesus, which is what I admired most about my good friend Pete. He truly was a humble and kind man.
His legacy will be timeless, and that time will never tarnish what a talent he was, but even moreso what a saint he was. “He fought the good fight. He finished the race. He kept the faith.” — 2 Timothy 4:78
He will be missed, but for we believers in Christ Jesus, we will meet again someday.
Go Chiefs. This one is for Pete.
RIP, my friend.
Shannon Freeman-Frogge
Heber City Utah
Editor’s note: Brewster, a 1948 Portland High School graduate who went on to a 22-year career as an NFL player and coach, died Jan. 3. Freeman-Frogge is Jay County High School’s all-time leading scorer in girls basketball. She was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018, joining Brewster (1998) and Bright (2002).
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