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Falcon Club Spotlight: Dale Carlson
June 20, 2012 | General, Falcon Club
Name: Dale Carlson
Family: Wife Laura and twins Briggs and Olivia
Occupation: Owner of Falcon Sales named after our Falcons
Hometown: Mundelein, IL
Current Residence: Fountain Hills, AZ
Childhood Ambition: To be the first to play professional hockey and baseball in the same year
Fondest Memory of BGSU Athletics: Beating Michigan State in hoops in 1990. Beating Fresno State in the California Raisin Bowl. Going 3-for-3 in my first baseball game as a Falcon against Eastern Kentucky
Favorite Music: Country
Proudest Moment: My kids being born
Biggest Challenge: Beating leukemia twice -- once in 2005 and again in 2006
The Perfect Day: Any Friday in March here in Arizona going to a spring training baseball game
First Job: National Sporting Goods Association, selling trade show space.
Favorite Movie: "Miracle" about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team
Inspiration: Doing well for my kids
Biggest Idol: Kevin Plank -- Founder and CEO of Under Armour
Favorite BGSU Athlete ever: Omar Jacobs / Rob Blake
Dream Job: Rep for Under Armour
If you could be friends with anyone in the world, it would be: Kevin Plank
If you could pick one place to call home, it would be: Lake Tahoe
Three items you can't live without: ESPN, Ice Cream, Mountain Dew
Dream Vacation: Going to Germany to see my bone marrow donor. She has been here, I want to go there and meet her family.
Biggest Life Aspiration: Be a good father
Favorite Place in Bowling Green: Baseball Field / Ice Arena
Favorite Professional Team: Chicago White Sox / Chicago Black Hawks
Favorite Book: "Lone Survivor" by Navy Seal Marcus Latrell
Proudest Accomplishment: Going 26-0 my senior year in high school baseball. Team captain, hit .430, and we were ranked No. 10 in the USA Today
Recent Impulse Buy: Under Armour items of course
Favorite Food: Bills Pizza; Mundelein, IL
Something others may not know about me: I love to read books
Supporting the Falcon Club is important to me because: Hopefully one day we will see our Falcons competing on the national stage for an NCAA title. It will happen!!
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