COLUMBUS —A tell-all book is now out about a former Buckeye Quarterback whose gambling addiction and schemes led to broken lives and scandal that made headlines for years in Central Ohio. The author of the true story “Quarterback Sneak”, Dublin widow Anita Barney, said she befriended Art Schlichter after his first prison stint because he helped her son 30 years prior. Barney’s then husband was killed in a plane crash and her young son Alan was critically hurt. Barney said it was Schlichter who visited Alan and prompted him to get past his sorrow. “A neighbor girl brought Art to see my 10-year-old son Alan, brought him things, Ohio State items ,got him out of his depression and I never saw Art again for 30 years. He did not have to come over and help my son that day and bring those things but he did, as a senior at Ohio State he was a busy guy, but he took the time to do that and I was very appreciative.” Mrs. Barney herself was well connected and highly thought of in central Ohio social circles. Schlichter was the starting Quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes and had played for the NFL. The football legend admitted he was involved in gambling and, much to the surprise of the Buckeye Nation, was convicted of criminal activity. Art was released from prison the first time in 2006 after he served time for fraud, theft, and receiving stolen property. Barney re-married a man named Bob Barney, who became CEO of Wendy’s. …
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