Dennis Pope:
CLASS OF 1955
Hazel Park High SchoolClass of 1955
Hazel park, MI
Bob Jones UniversityClass of 1959
Greenville, SC
Lacey Junior High SchoolClass of 1951
Hazel park, MI
Martin Road Elementary SchoolClass of 1949
Hazel park, MI
Burbank Elementary SchoolClass of 1948
Detroit, MI
Dennis's Story
Life
I PLAYED SOCCER IN COLLEGE. OUR TEAM WON THE TURKEY BOWLS DURING MY JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS. AS A PARENT MY TWO SONS PLAYED SOCCER AT A HIGH LEVEL. I TAUGHT THEM EARLY IN THEIR ELEMENTARY YEARS TO PLAY THE GAME. BOTH WERE ON THE TOP TRAVEL TEAMS DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.
I COACHED YOUTH SOCCER AND HAD A TRAVEL TEAM OUT OF TROY, MICHIGAN KNOWN AS THE MICHIGAN METROS. THE TEAM WON TOURNAMENTS IN WASHINGTON DC, KENTUCKY, OHIO, INDIANA AND AND MANY IN MICHIGAN. OUR BEST GAME WAS AGAINST NOTRE DAME. WE BEAT THEIR FRESHMAN COLLEGE TEAM WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS BY A SCORE OF 7 TO 0 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE IRISH TOURNAMENT. THE REFFEREE ASKED ME TO CALL THE GAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST HALF BECAUSE THEIR FRESHMAN TEAM AND THEIR PARENTS WERE SO EMBARRASSED AT THEIR LOSS. THE NOTRE DAME COACH OFFERED OUR PLAYERS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP IF THEY WANTED TO ATTEND NOTRE DAME.
I WAS HONORED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION AS BOYS YOUTH SOCCER COACH OF THE YEAR IN 1981. I ALSO SERVED AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE MICHIGAN YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION...Expand for more
. I PUT THE TEAM TOGETHER AT 14 YEARS OF AGE, AND MOST OF THE PLAYERS WERE LATER TO BECOME ALL MICHIGAN STATERS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL AMERICANS IN COLLEGE INCLUDING MY YOUNGER SON,JONATHAN, WHO PLAYED FOR MICHIGAN STATE AND ALBION. HE STILL PLAYS TWO AND SOMETIMES THREE TIMES A WEEK ON DIFFERENT TEAMS AS SEMI-PROFESSIONAL'S.
I ALSO WAS PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS THE SECURITY COORDINATOR FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT IN 1994 AND ALSO MET ALL THE TEAMS WHO PLAYED AT THE SILVERDOME AND HELPED THE COACHES AND PLAYERS AND RECEIVED AN AUTOGRAPHED SOCCER BALL BY THE WORLD CUP BRAZILIAN CHAPIONSHIP TEAM.
Workplace
I BECAME EMPLOYED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OUT OF COLLEGE. I WAS OFFERED A C.P.A. ACCOUNTING POSITION WITH ARTHUR ANDERSON BUT THEY DROPED ME WITHOUT NOTICE BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY AT THAT TIME. I NEVER WANTED TO WORK FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BUT I ENDED UP WORKING FOR THEM FOR 28 YEARS. I BEGAN IN THE COLLECTION DIVISION, THEN THE INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, LATER CALLED THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION. I WORKED ON ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION.
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