For more than 40 years, Charlotte sports columnist Ron Green Sr. wrote a Thanksgiving Day column about what he was thankful for, both in and out of the sports world.
Readers looked forward to it. They quoted lines from it. It was a beloved Charlotte Observer tradition. Ron Green’s Thanksgiving Day column would be waiting for you on the front of the sports page on Thursday morning, before the football and the food appeared, and it would make you happy.
Ron is retired now, and I spoke to him by phone earlier this month. He’s 93 years old and “doing pretty well,” he said. He and his wife Beth still live in Charlotte. His voice sounded strong.
