Show GRIDIRON HERO MISSING FOR 20 YEARS RETURNS Pat ODea Says H He Vanished to Overcome Handicap of Football Reputation SAN FRANCISCO Sept 19 AP The AP-The The Chronicle today said Patrick John ODea middle west football sensation of ot the late SOs has turned up In in San Francisco to smile at recent suggestions he may have been killed in In- Inthe the world war The Patrick John ODea who for four lour years ears on the University of Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis WIn team established himself as one of the greatest kickers of football foot foot- ball bail is very much alive the paper said I Since he vanished 20 years ago the pap paper r added added- ODea has been living under name of Charles J J. J Mitchell Mitch Mitch- ell eli and as such is now sc secretary man ager of ot the Westwood Lassen county Cal Cat Auto club and chamber of com corn merce Westwood is a logging town in northeastern California ODea was quoted as declaring that he decided to disappear disappear- from San Francisco wh where re he had been practicing practicing icing law and assume the name o ot of Mitchell because he found his football football football foot foot- ball fame a handicap in the ordinary business of or life Probably I was wrong ODea was quoted Mrs Mitchell l that is Mrs ODea always alwa's thought I I- was But I wanted to get away from what seemed to me to be all in the past pastAs As AsP Pat t. t ODea I much just an Wisconsin ex-Wisconsin football player I |