Filed under: Redskins, UFLNORFOLK, Va. -- As his weekend in his new pro football home drew to an end -- a charity golf tournament behind him and the Houston Texans-Washington Redskins game in front -- Doug Williams was greeting fans in the lobby of a downtown hotel. Fans thanking him for his play for their favorite team and wishing him luck with his current team.
Williams wore a Redskins golf shirt, exhibiting the strong ties he still has for the team he led to a Super Bowl victory in 1988. But the Norfolk-area residents, living in what has long been Redskins territory, were just as eager to see his new employers, the state's expansion UFL franchise, do well on his watch.
The team will not play until 2011, but Williams -- named general manager in June -- was busy with the task not only of laying the foundation of the organization, but of stirring up interest among the locals.
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