Fuzzy Thurston's SB memorabelia to be auctioned

[Beerball]

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Boston Globe’s Greg Bedard, who formerly covered the Packers for the Milwaukee paper. Wrote Bedard on Twitter: “It will take about 2 min for a Packers fan to bid on Fuzzy's ring and give it back to him. Favre should do it. Start the healing. Seriously.”

[San Jose Bills Fan]

Yeah, sad story.

 

I had the exact same thought as Bedard when I read this story last night… even a group of players could bid on it… increase the proceeds and pay down some of Thurston's debt.

 

But I wonder if it was simply a case of tax evasion or something less black and white. If he was just being a tax deadbeat, it'd be a lot different than a scenario where he somehow fell victim to bad circumstances or whatever.

 

Thurston, btw, was Jerry Kramer's running mate as one of Lombardi's pulling guards… vanguards of the famed "Power Sweep."

 

Kramer has had a real good life from what I understand except that he's been passed over for the Hall of Fame numerous times.

 

Sorry to hear about Fuzzy.

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His tax battles stem from his post-Packers days, when he and business partners opened a chain of restaurants under the Left Guard name, after the position Thurston played for the Packers. In the mid-1970s, the chain had restaurants in Green Bay and several other cities in Wisconsin as well as one in Miami, Fla., all of which were sold or closed by the early 1980s.

 

According to the complaint filed in 1983, Thurston and his partners withheld federal income taxes from their employees’ salaries but then failed to turn some of that money over to the Internal Revenue Service. The problem occurred between 1978 and 1980 at the chain’s Janesville restaurant, the complaint said.

 

The money is referred to as trust fund taxes because employers hold their employees’ money in trust until it is turned over as a federal tax deposit. The employee can be held liable for money not turned over, and, in Thurston’s case, the employee sued him and his three partners in federal court.

 

Thurston’s three partners paid off judgments against them, but Thurston remained embroiled in a battle over whether his part of the judgment also was satisfied. The court ruled in 1984 that it was not and ordered Thurston to pay $190,806.

[Beerball]

His tax battles stem from his post-Packers days, when he and business partners opened a chain of restaurants under the Left Guard name, after the position Thurston played for the Packers. In the mid-1970s, the chain had restaurants in Green Bay and several other cities in Wisconsin as well as one in Miami, Fla., all of which were sold or closed by the early 1980s.

 

According to the complaint filed in 1983, Thurston and his partners withheld federal income taxes from their employees salaries but then failed to turn some of that money over to the Internal Revenue Service. The problem occurred between 1978 and 1980 at the chains Janesville restaurant, the complaint said.

 

The money is referred to as trust fund taxes because employers hold their employees money in trust until it is turned over as a federal tax deposit. The employee can be held liable for money not turned over, and, in Thurstons case, the employee sued him and his three partners in federal court.

 

Thurstons three partners paid off judgments against them, but Thurston remained embroiled in a battle over whether his part of the judgment also was satisfied. The court ruled in 1984 that it was not and ordered Thurston to pay $190,806.

Thanks, I did a quick search for the back story but didn't find any details, appreciate you supplying them.

[San Jose Bills Fan]

His tax battles stem from his post-Packers days, when he and business partners opened a chain of restaurants under the Left Guard name, after the position Thurston played for the Packers. In the mid-1970s, the chain had restaurants in Green Bay and several other cities in Wisconsin as well as one in Miami, Fla., all of which were sold or closed by the early 1980s.

 

According to the complaint filed in 1983, Thurston and his partners withheld federal income taxes from their employees' salaries but then failed to turn some of that money over to the Internal Revenue Service. The problem occurred between 1978 and 1980 at the chain's Janesville restaurant, the complaint said.

 

The money is referred to as trust fund taxes because employers hold their employees' money in trust until it is turned over as a federal tax deposit. The employee can be held liable for money not turned over, and, in Thurston's case, the employee sued him and his three partners in federal court.

 

Thurston's three partners paid off judgments against them, but Thurston remained embroiled in a battle over whether his part of the judgment also was satisfied. The court ruled in 1984 that it was not and ordered Thurston to pay $190,806.

Danke.