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This Broncos fan helped out his favorite team back in the '70s with his Model A

Milton Horstman is a die-hard Bronco fan. Back in the 1970s, he was asked to step up for the Orange Crush.

DENVER — After the Denver Broncos lost the Super Bowl in 1977, they put in a call to Robert Horstman. They wanted him to take the lead spot in their team parade. Believe it or not - he was surprised.

“I knew the sergeant that was in charge of the parade,” said Horstman. “He called me up and asked me to take the Model A Ford down there… I didn’t know who I was going to haul.”

He would be asked to carry then-quarterback Craig Morton and wide receiver Haven Moses - known locally as the "M and M Connection." He and his wife were featured with the two football stars on the front page of the local papers—they even picked up a fan along the way.

“I don’t know her name but she got in there,” said Horstman. “There were so many people, you couldn’t even drive… there were people laying all over that car.”

Horstman said he was asked because his Model A Ford was the oldest car in the parade. It was a vehicle he bought and built himself in the 1960s. He learned about fixing cars when he served in the U.S. Army and became a fan of the Broncos soon after he moved to Denver.

The car was only $500 new, he said. It still has the original American flags he put on it in the '60s.

"There are 48 stars - not 50," Horstman said. "This car deserves the old ones."

He said he has fond memories of that day riding with his favorite Broncos in the car that will always remind him of his wife Verna. They were married over 60 years. Verna just passed away a few months ago.

And if you're ever in his neck of the woods, you can still see Horstman driving around town in his Model A with memories this 85-year-old will never forget.

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