Before he died of pancreatic cancer in 2002, Ed Nahra was known as Gund Arena's resident heckler. According to his obituary written by Alana Baranick in The Plain Dealer, Ed "called himself the Cavs No. 1 fan and was known for berating players on opposing teams. He usually bought a courtside seat so he could be close to the action and within earshot of his targets. The dark-haired, bespectacled Nahra bellowed insults at individual players, some of whom returned fire with needles of their own. Cavs players were aware of Nahra's presence, even if they didn't know his name. 'He was always at the big games,' said Cavs executive Austin Carr. 'When I was playing, I knew he was there, but I didn't pay much attention. I knew he was a fan.' The Cavs weren't the only recipients of Nahra's attention. He carried on in similar fashion at CSU, John Carroll University and area high school basketball and football games. Nahra, a ticket broker and a stock market investor, also was a regular at Cleveland Indians home games. He once left a hockey game at the Cleveland Arena with a black eye, courtesy of a player from Buffalo who didn't take kindly to his verbal jabs." Ed was the son of Lebanese immigrants and as a young man worked at his father's grocery store. At one time he sold fireworks. I may not have known Ed Nahra personally, but like hundreds of others at Heights High, and like the professional athletes mentioned above, I sure knew who he was.
Bruce Dzeda
Before he died of pancreatic cancer in 2002, Ed Nahra was known as Gund Arena's resident heckler. According to his obituary written by Alana Baranick in The Plain Dealer, Ed "called himself the Cavs No. 1 fan and was known for berating players on opposing teams. He usually bought a courtside seat so he could be close to the action and within earshot of his targets. The dark-haired, bespectacled Nahra bellowed insults at individual players, some of whom returned fire with needles of their own. Cavs players were aware of Nahra's presence, even if they didn't know his name. 'He was always at the big games,' said Cavs executive Austin Carr. 'When I was playing, I knew he was there, but I didn't pay much attention. I knew he was a fan.' The Cavs weren't the only recipients of Nahra's attention. He carried on in similar fashion at CSU, John Carroll University and area high school basketball and football games. Nahra, a ticket broker and a stock market investor, also was a regular at Cleveland Indians home games. He once left a hockey game at the Cleveland Arena with a black eye, courtesy of a player from Buffalo who didn't take kindly to his verbal jabs." Ed was the son of Lebanese immigrants and as a young man worked at his father's grocery store. At one time he sold fireworks. I may not have known Ed Nahra personally, but like hundreds of others at Heights High, and like the professional athletes mentioned above, I sure knew who he was.
What would he have thought of LeBron James?