i knew john as a grade 9/10 student and football player. when he knew he hadn't done too well in his final exams, he hung around the school while the grade meetings were taking place. when he saw me he asked me how he had done. i told me he failed 2 subjects and according to the rules of the day, he failed his year. it also meant he couldn't play football the following season. he was not only very despondent, he was also afraid to face his father. he asked me to go home with him to see his father. i had never met mike before. now i didn't know who was more afraid of mike.....john or i. all worked out ok. john never played the next year and the yurincich family moved to burlington when mike bought the cornation and john went to burlington central. our paths crossed many times over the next 40 years. we often related that story of the early sixties. i always considered john to be one of the very good things that comes out of teaching/coaching. god bless him and his family. i will miss him. it was my honour to know him.