The absolute nicest man and family

[T_Levine]

I wish I knew how to insert a pic. But am at the Palo Alto farmers market right now wearing my northwestern hat and get stopped by a large man unmask saying go cats. I stop say hello. He says he played football graduated in 82. We talk. He introduces himself as says. I’m Chris Hinton. Introduces his freshman son who’s at Stanford and wife who played basketball at nu.
The absolute nicest guy. Nicest wife. Nicest family.

no one on this board should disparage him because his sons choose other places to play.
Go Chris Hinton and go

 

[NU Houston]

I wish I knew how to insert a pic. But am at the Palo Alto farmers market right now wearing my northwestern hat and get stopped by a large man unmask saying go cats. I stop say hello. He says he played football graduated in 82. We talk. He introduces himself as says. I’m Chris Hinton. Introduces his freshman son who’s at Stanford and wife who played basketball at nu.
The absolute nicest guy. Nicest wife. Nicest family.

no one on this board should disparage him because his sons choose other places to play.
Go Chris Hinton and go

He and his wife have been in the spotlight recently as the head of a group of parents of current college football players. They had a long interview on a segment of Real Sports on HBO, talking about measures that football programs were (and were not) taking to safeguard players from coronavirus exposure. A very smart and well-spoken family who continue to represent NU well even though their sons chose to go elsewhere.

 

[Catreporter]

Chris Hinton's story is an inspiring one. Came from a small south side non-powerhouse public league program (Phillips) and changed positions a couple times at NU before settling in at offensive tackle. His blocking was an important part of breaking all three of the Cats ugly streaks: 34 gamer, Big Ten and Big Ten road in his senior season. In the game that broke the Big Ten streak vs. Minnesota at Dyche, Hinton dominated during a huge second half comeback that finally got that horrible monkey off our backs.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

I wish I knew how to insert a pic. But am at the Palo Alto farmers market right now wearing my northwestern hat and get stopped by a large man unmask saying go cats. I stop say hello. He says he played football graduated in 82. We talk. He introduces himself as says. I’m Chris Hinton. Introduces his freshman son who’s at Stanford and wife who played basketball at nu.
The absolute nicest guy. Nicest wife. Nicest family.

no one on this board should disparage him because his sons choose other places to play.
Go Chris Hinton and go

Also one of the largest human beings I’ve ever met. If you shook hands you should check for broken bones.

 

[T_Levine]

Also one of the largest human beings I’ve ever met. If you shook hands you should check for broken bones.

We bumped forearms but he’s a lot smaller than his playing weight.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

We bumped forearms but he’s a lot smaller than his playing weight.

Clearly. You’re probably lucky the handshake didn’t happen... Dude has meat hooks.

 

[willycat]

We bumped forearms but he’s a lot smaller than his playing weight.

Do the Hinton's live in California? Could explain Stanford choice.

 

[T_Levine]

Do the Hinton's live in California? Could explain Stanford choice.

No. Atlanta. I think they were visiting their son who’s a freshman

 

[CatManTrue]

The scandalous photo was removed, and all is well in Wildcatland! He is a treasured alumni and perhaps our best all-time OL.

Cool meet and greet. I suspect we have another Hinton-type story emerging in Slater’s pro football pursuits.

 

[FloridAlum]

No. Atlanta. I think they were visiting their son who’s a freshman

I believe I read somewhere that quite a while ago he got interested in wine, and he owns some kind of gourmet wine store in Atlanta

 

[CoralSpringsCat]

The scandalous photo was removed, and all is well in Wildcatland! He is a treasured alumni and perhaps our best all-time OL.

Cool meet and greet. I suspect we have another Hinton-type story emerging in Slater’s pro football pursuits.

Hope so, as I’m confident Slater’s sons will choose Northwestern. I’ll root for the Hinton’s as frequently as I root for a Skowronek.

 

[nu greek]

I believe I read somewhere that quite a while ago he got interested in wine, and he on some kind of gourmet wine store in Atlanta

Correct Florida!!! You know your adult beverages!!!

 

[zbag51]

Correct Florida!!! You know your adult beverages!!!

The Wine Store - Alpharetta

Fine Wines, Spirits and Beer

thewinestoreinc.com

 

[SmellyCat]

Argument can be made he’s the greatest football player in NU history. Including Otto Graham and Fitz.

 

[CoralSpringsCat]

The Wine Store - Alpharetta

Fine Wines, Spirits and Beer

thewinestoreinc.com

The Whine Store? Is willycat their top customer?

 

[phatcat]

The scandalous photo was removed, and all is well in Wildcatland! He is a treasured alumni and perhaps our best all-time OL.

Cool meet and greet. I suspect we have another Hinton-type story emerging in Slater’s pro football pursuits.

Do you mean wearing the MichiPuke shirt?

 

[elgatoloco]

He could play basketball as well. A frequent guest in my dorm as his close friend lived across the hall from me

 

[CatManTrue]

Do you mean wearing the MichiPuke shirt?

Mr. Hinton sent me a case of gourmet wine for my silence. So sorry I don’t recall what you’re referring to.

 

[kaTNap]

Also one of the largest human beings I’ve ever met. If you shook hands you should check for broken bones.

I remember standing in the line for the sandwich truck behind Chris Hinton. His thighs were the size of my waist. I was admittedly scrawny in college, but still ...

 

[willycat]

No. Atlanta. I think they were visiting their son who’s a freshman

Thanks.

 

[Smolmania]

He could play basketball as well. A frequent guest in my dorm as his close friend lived across the hall from me

The summer before his/our senior year we played his team in the intramural hoops championship. He had played tight end the season before, and had put on at least 45 pounds by mid-July. Fortunately, the game started at 11 am, and he walked into Patten at noon. Oops. My buddy Rick was 6'5, about 220 on his heaviest day. Hinton moved him around the court like he was a toothpick, but we were able to neutralize him with a collapsing zone, and our opera singer 2 guard (I think his name was Clyde, a hillbilly opera star from West Virginia) was on fire. My only Intramural champion t-shirt. . .

 

[NJCat]

The summer before his/our senior year we played his team in the intramural hoops championship. He had played tight end the season before, and had put on at least 45 pounds by mid-July..

Better living through chemistry. Those were different times than today........

 

[Turk]

Argument can be made he’s the greatest football player in NU history. Including Otto Graham and Fitz.

NU isn't the only all time great list his name pops up on.