eo o Bob Crable was a football star at Moeller, Notre Dame and with the New York Jets. Then he built a successful sportswear business. But the death of a relative left him searching for more. He has found some answers in religion and academics. Bob Crable's hero was his older cousin and a baseball player, which, for a while, he intended to be, too. Jack Crable teamed with Buddy Bell at Moeller High School and broke into pro ball around the same time, lasting not nearly as long. This, however, didn't diminish him in the eyes of his father's brother's son, who, while leading Moeller to its first state football championship, :-.e~!ing Xotre Dame's record for tackles, playing seven years for the New York Jets and building a successful sportswear business, stayed as close as he could to Jack and his wi.fe, Robin. As his knees healed, his family grew and his company took off, Crable figured he had life pretty much licked. What changed his mind was LONNIE the solemn observation that Robin didn't. WHEELER JaekTheandmortal enemy was Robin's breast cancer. "As the cancer progressed, I was conhsed," he said. "\Vhen she passed away, it got me searching for the meaning of life. Business ,.,¡asn't providing that. I didn't know where my life was going at that point." Knowing only that he couldn't keep doing what he was doing, Crable stepped away from tt.e business that was going so well. The hard part wasn't giving up the income, but ducking out on the outfit thut had been started as a sLbsidiary of the r>.1idland Company largely because :.\1:idland':- ehairman, Joe Hayden, had gr:>\\'11 enamored of Crable while coaching
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in 1977. him as an intimidating pitcher and oversized second baseman. "I think Mr. Hayden was disappointed," Crable said, "but it was a real tough time. I felt unfulfilled." The person he turned to was Steve K.lonne, who had been a Moeller assistant when Crable played there and became the school's head
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