Gordon Monson: Sen. Orrin Hatch cheered hard for his teams, just like you. Unlike you, he once almost killed a BYU football player

The seven-term senator was a controversial Republican force. Tribune columnist Gordon Monson will also remember him as a diehard sports fan.

(Douglas C. Pizac | AP) Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone, right, has fun with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, second from left, during a fund-raising event at a bed and breakfast inn owned by Malone's wife Thursday, Aug. 19, 1999, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, accompanied by his wife Elaine, left, was making a bid for president under the GOP ticket.

Gordon Monson: Sen. Orrin Hatch cheered hard for his teams, just like you. Unlike you, he once almost killed a BYU football player

The seven-term senator was a controversial Republican force. Tribune columnist Gordon Monson will also remember him as a diehard sports fan.

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