GAINESVILLE — A photo of Orville Trask receiving the 1960 season AFL Championship game ball from Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams hangs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Nearly 1,300 miles southwest of Canton, Ohio, a copy commemorating the moment adorns a wall at Michael Trask’s home in Manvel, Texas.
As a child, his youngest son, Kyle, was awestruck by the image. The No. 79 jersey of the man he called Grandpa is covered in mud as he towers over Adams, who wore a white cowboy hat.
Orville Trask, a burly 6-foot-4, 258-pound defensive tackle for those champion Oilers, still remains larger than life to his grandson, who was just 10 when his grandfather died.