As a HS football official, I did a game featuring both Charles Woodson (Fremont Ross) and Orlando Pace (Sandusky HS). Both of them were heads and shoulders better than everyone else of the field.
I officiated other teams with some players that were well known in college like Tim Anderson (Clyde HS, Ohio State DT) and Damon Moore (Fostoria HS, Ohio State Safety). There are a few others, but I don't remember a lot them.
Growing up in Columbus, I would frequently run into a few Ohio State players and coaches. Art Schlichter and one of the O-Linemen (his name escapes me) lived in an apartment complex one block north of were we lived. There was an outdoor pool that we (neighborhood kids) would sneak into where Art and roommate would hang out.
My sophmore (Whetstone HS) season, Earle Bruce showed up in our lockerroom pregame. He was recruiting a couple of guys on the team.
I college, I was hired to do security at a concert that featured Micky Gilley. I got to talk with him a little. Nice guy. We also did security for a band called Alabama. I hear they made it big, but not being a fan of country music, I have no idea what they sang. But they were all pretty cool back stage. They definately liked to drink and I shared a couple of beers with them.
I met Charlie Danials backstage at a show during Ohio Bike Week a few years back. Again, nice guy.
On a flight to Nashville, I sat next to a drummer for some country band that made it big. I don't know who it is, but my wife and the other 2 women with us knew who they were and were getting autographs from the other members of the band that were in the rows ahead of us. Didn't mean much to me, but the drummer was pretty cool to talk with.
I met Red Buttons when I was about 5 or 6. My mom worked for his best friend at a shop in downtown Columbus. Buttons would come into the shop when he was in town. One time my mom had me with her when she stopped into the shop to pick up something and he happened to be there. I vaugly remember it, but from what I do remember, he seemed like a very kind person.