When it comes to living the football dream in North Dakota, I always turn to Jimmy Kleinsasser. I first saw Ol Clank Clank from the sidelines my freshman year in high school when Carrington came up to Mayville to play under the Friday night lights.
That game was pretty amazing, going down to the wire when Patriot fullback Dan Swift was stopped just short of the goal line as time expired, denied the game-winning score on a leap toward the end zone. Crazy game.
Kleinsasser then went up to UND and as I lived in Ross Amlie's old house, basically I grew up a Fighting Sioux fan. At the end of my freshman year in college Kleinsasser was drafted by the Vikings (it didn't take the sting out of the playoff loss from that season, but it game me hope for the future) and the rest has been history.
Jimmy K has never been the receiving threat I thought he would be, but he has far exceeded what I thought he would be as a blocking tight end. He is a mammoth man and I can't imagine lining up against him.
With that, I indirectly present to you dear reader, Jim Kleinsasser - one of three to be inducted this year into the North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. Scott Throlson, Jamestown Sun sports editor extraordinaire, delivers a solid read on the hometown man-child. Click here to read it.
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