{"id":2404,"date":"2012-10-18T11:28:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T11:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:30:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:30:59","slug":"president-gerald-ford-meets-tony-dorsett-and-johnny-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/18\/president-gerald-ford-meets-tony-dorsett-and-johnny-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"President Gerald Ford meets Tony Dorsett and Johnny Majors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/18\\\/president-gerald-ford-meets-tony-dorsett-and-johnny-majors\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 1061px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"1061\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 1061px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"1061\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/18\/president-gerald-ford-meets-tony-dorsett-and-johnny-majors\/attachment\/2405\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1057\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2405\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc27e0FsyV1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1699\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Unknown&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;TumblrHTY_Forddorsett \\rDate: Circa 1976 \\rLocator: Pittsburgh\\rDescription: President Gerald Ford, while campaigning for re-election, meets University of Pittsburgh running back Tony Dorsett and Coach Johnny Majors at the former Greater Pittsburgh International Airport. \\rCredit: Unknown&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ford meets Dorsett&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;TumblrHTY_Forddorsett&lt;br \/&gt; Date: Circa 1976&lt;br \/&gt; Locator: Pittsburgh&lt;br \/&gt; Description: President Gerald Ford, while campaigning for re-election, meets University of Pittsburgh running back Tony Dorsett and Coach Johnny Majors at the former Greater Pittsburgh International Airport.&lt;br \/&gt; Credit: Unknown&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc27e0FsyV1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=226%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc27e0FsyV1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=771%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc27e0FsyV1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=1057&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"1057\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"1057\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 1057px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Oct. 26, 1976:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0This photograph, taken at the old Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, shows Pitt running back Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Dorsett with President Gerald Ford and Johnny Majors, who coached the University of Pittsburgh Panthers to a national championship that year. On his visit to Pittsburgh, President Ford campaigned for re-election, having completed the unfinished term of Richard Nixon, who resigned the presidency in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>President Ford knew all about defeat and glory on the gridiron, having played center and linebacker at the University of Michigan, where he led the Wolverines to national championships in 1932 and 1933. He lost the 1976 election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo by Al Herrman, Pittsburgh Press)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his visit to Pittsburgh, President Ford campaigned for re-election, having completed the unfinished term of Richard Nixon, who resigned the presidency in 1974.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/18\/president-gerald-ford-meets-tony-dorsett-and-johnny-majors\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>President Gerald Ford meets Tony Dorsett and Johnny Majors<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[944],"tags":[963,993,1026,1037,1050],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc27e0FsyV1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C1699&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6928,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2016\/09\/01\/a-distant-memory-of-tony-dorsett\/","url_meta":{"origin":2404,"position":0},"title":"A distant memory of Tony Dorsett","date":"September 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cPeople have said I\u2019m too small for the pros,\u201d Tony Dorsett said in 1974. \u201cBut I know I can run. 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