Mal Osborn, 92, who now lives in North Carolina, earned a varsity letter jacket in track from the University of Maine in 1952. Up until recently, he regularly wore the keepsake. Unfortunately it was lost.
Osborn’s daughter Beverly Amick went to social media for help, and the story has a very happy ending.
To all of the amazing people that helped share my dad's story of his missing jacket, it was found! WFMY interviewed my…
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“Today is the first day I didn’t wear it since I got it back,” Mal Osborn said Monday. “I have to give credit to all these people being so kind.”https://t.co/0WK9XzHQrx
— Bangor Daily News (@bangordailynews) December 8, 2020
Lost and found: Mal Osborn, 92, got his varsity letter jacket back….. with some help from social media. Osborn lost the jacket in October, but a woman found it in her front yard and returned it. https://t.co/4Ef5ieFT9G #odd
— AP Oddities (@AP_Oddities) December 8, 2020
