(text from the Striking Distance Facebook page)
Interesting story behind this picture. Here we have Bruce with his new girlfriend (and future wife) Linda Emery, along with James Lee, Ed Parker, and Ed Jr., outside the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium where Parker held his inaugural tournament.
This photo is dated on the back as December of 1963....odd considering that the tournament was in August of '64.
Linda Lee later explained to me that her and Bruce had in fact traveled to Pasadena over Christmas break that year (picking up James Lee along the way in Oakland). Presumably, they were heading south to watch the Huskies in the Rose Bowl....but really, Bruce just wanted an excuse to visit Parker.
(Photo courtesy of Darlene Parker)
This photo is dated on the back as December of 1963....odd considering that the tournament was in August of '64.
Linda Lee later explained to me that her and Bruce had in fact traveled to Pasadena over Christmas break that year (picking up James Lee along the way in Oakland). Presumably, they were heading south to watch the Huskies in the Rose Bowl....but really, Bruce just wanted an excuse to visit Parker.
(Photo courtesy of Darlene Parker)
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