RIP Herman Ho-Ching

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Not sure if many people remember him but former Oregon RB Herman Ho-Ching has passed away after drowning near Riverside Park in the Clackamas River.

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[Everythingsducky]

RIP.

He was super fun to watch, when he wasn’t fumbling. He broke some nice runs in his short career. If I remember correctly, he got tossed from the team for either drug or attitude issues. Remember yelling his name out loud a lot on some of his big gainers. Was exciting when he touched the ball.

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RIP.

He was super fun to watch, when he wasn’t fumbling. He broke some nice runs in his short career. If I remember correctly, he got tossed from the team for either drug or attitude issues. Remember yelling his name out loud a lot on some of his big gainers. Was exciting when he touched the ball.

His HS highlights from Long Beach Poly were something else. That team included a bunch of very recognizable names, including two other Ducks in Samie Parker and Marley Tucker.

[Duck07]

Is that the park that ALWAYS has these problems with people drowning?

I was just reminded of Todd Doxey the other day when recounting summer river floats, sad stuff.

[StevensTechU]

Is that the park that ALWAYS has these problems with people drowning?

I was just reminded of Todd Doxey the other day when recounting summer river floats, sad stuff.

I played Little League games at Riverside Park when I was a kid, and based on the description, am pretty sure I know exactly where he was jumping off from. Tons of people jump and swim there, so I wonder what went awry, because I've never heard of anyone drowning there.

"High Rocks" in Gladstone is notorious for drownings over the years. Spencer Webb and Todd Doxey were both down in the Eugene area.

Water is dangerous. I'm in my mid-30s and still don't mix alcohol and moving water, despite how great they are in combination 9 times out of 10, because the risk just isn't worth it. Stay sober and put life jackets on your kids.

[Duck07]

"High Rocks" in Gladstone is notorious for drownings over the years. Spencer Webb and Todd Doxey were both down in the Eugene area.

Thanks. I remember when they said Spence was at the rock slides it wasn't good. Todd by all accounts was just floating, went under and never came back up.

My young nephew tried to tell me he didn't a life-jacket earlier this summer and I told him he's never had it so good with life jackets. Though in a few years I'm going to throw his ass out of the boat and teach him to make a life jacket out of his jeans

[Phalanx]

Sorry to hear about Herman, he was something of an underground hero for a season or two before his Ducks career washed out. Guys in their 40's tend to jump into water believing that they will be able to manage it the way they did in their athletic teens to early 20's, only to find that instead they cramp up or undergo some level of shock to the system that renders them unable to save themselves. Not saying that is what happened here, but it's a common occurrence - seems like I read about at least one every summer in a place where you wouldn't think a person would drown.

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A decent piece by Canzano on Ho-Ching.

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