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 DON
COX - THIS IS YOUR LIFE by Rick Thomas Don Cox was born on February 9,1944 in Sacramento, California He attended El arren Grammar School in South Sacramento and later graduated from Rio Linda High School in Sacramento. While in high school, Don fell in love with his future bride, Donna, and they married May 18,1963 in Reno. In the early years, Don was the Foreman in Shipping and Receiving for Sacramento Foods for 18 years. Later, he worked for a pest control company for six years. Don was competitive from a very young age, mainly because of  his
older brothers, Carl and Bobby Cox. They were always into something,
such as drag racing, motorcycles, slot cars, small airplanes, go carts,
cards, dominos and stock car dirt track racing. Don raced stock cars
for approximately 10 years, from 1965 to 1975 in Northern California.
In their younger years, all three brothers competed in shuffleboard. Don and Bobby Cox were more into playing, although Carl always felt he could beat the two of them. Don and Bob began playing in a league in 1967, and then played in small local tournaments. Don won his first shuffleboard tournament at the Elverta Tavern, California in 1968. Don also played at a local bar named the Briar Patch. One day in 1968, after his tournament win, Joe Hudson came into the Briar Patch and beat Don out of a hundred dollars real quick, at $20 a game. At that time he became acquainted with Joe Hudson...>>>Booklet |
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