The couple described their son as "academically bright, an accomplished musician and an amazing field hockey player who had trained with the England under-15 team and had hoped to reach the England under-16 team this year, with the ambition of eventually playing for Britain in the Olympics in 2020".

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On the way to the game he had told a story about taking his son, Chance, to visit the old neighborhood, including where Ebbets Field used to be.

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We were standing in a field somewhere near Lake Ontario, and a few yards away his oldest son, Davey, was collecting boxes of honey.

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In attendance at the Central Michigan game with his son Alex, Mr. Conrey remarked how impressed he was with the atmosphere at Ryan Field.

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He entered the field to search for treatments for diabetes, a disease that afflicts his 10-year-old son.

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