90 years

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Across
  1. 1. Dad’s hometown
  2. 2. brand of Dad’s first car
  3. 5. the Minnesotan native who made the 1st nonstop flight from NY to Paris in 1927
  4. 6. favorite flavor of Dad’s cream pie
  5. 12. sport Dad refereed for many years
  6. 14. in 1944, he was elected to a fourth term as U.S. President
  7. 15. branch of military Dad served in for WWII
  8. 16. number of years between holes-in-one
  9. 17. the name of the South Pacific island where Dad was stationed during WWII
  10. 18. career change in 1986
  11. 20. Minneapolis team that won the 1953 NBA Championship
  12. 23. the college Dad attended
  13. 24. name of the Canadian lake Dad fished (hint- same as Mom’s high school alma mater)
  14. 26. year of Dad’s first hole-in-one
  15. 29. Gophers opponent in the 1961 Rose Bowl game that Dad attended
  16. 30. the number of Vikings appearances in Super Bowl games
Down
  1. 1. Dad’s college friend who was U.S. VP under President Carter
  2. 2. Dad’s middle name
  3. 3. age when Dad enlisted the military
  4. 4. position Dad played on college basketball team
  5. 6. U.S. president in 1927
  6. 7. the team won the World Series in 1987 and 1991
  7. 8. hit Dad in the head, requiring stitches, while spectating the state boy’s bb tournament
  8. 9. invented in 1944 to protect soldiers from sunburn
  9. 10. famous Scottish golf course Dad played in 1988
  10. 11. the nationally ranked #1 football team for 1961
  11. 13. 1944 NCAA Football champions
  12. 19. Dad sold this for his first job after college
  13. 21. Dad’s dad’s middle name
  14. 22. 1944 Academy Award Best Picture (hint- As Time Goes By)
  15. 25. Dad’s favorite holiday seafood
  16. 27. Dad’s Grandpa Loomis’s name
  17. 28. the only language Dad’s mom (Eleonora) spoke until she was 19