albert quipp was born in trenton new mexico.
he dd not think that was a cool place to be from so he always told people he was from rochester new york.
all went well until albert appeared on a small syndicated quiz show called “you know what?” snd won a few thousand dollars answering questions mostly about american college football, of which he was an enthusiastic and knowledgeable fan.
on the show he claimed he was from rochester new york, but a couple of people from his home town of trenton new mexico recognized him, and filed a suit against him for disrespecting trenton new mexico by being ashamed to admit he hailed from it.
the suit was eventually dismissed, but lawyers got all the money albert had made on the show, and a bit more.
albert never appeared in any shade of the public limelight again.
when he died many years later, in mansfield ohio, his brief obituary misspelled his name as albert quipley, and incorrectly listed his place of birth as parsippany new jersey.
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