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Died. Vic Morabito, 45, owner of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers, who, with his brother Tony, founded the team in 1946, took over direction after Tony dropped dead of a stroke between halves of a game with the Chicago Bears in 1957; of a stroke; in San Francisco...
...single-wing tailback at Louisiana State, Tittle started his pro career in 1948 when many of his teammates were still in grammar school. He spent two years with Baltimore in the old All-America Conference (1949 record: 1 win, 11 losses), put in ten years with the San Francisco 49ers. Everyone agreed that he could pass, but he was no twinkle toes as a runner, and when the 49ers shifted to a ground game last year, he was traded to the Giants. "Hindsight," says San Francisco Coach Red Hickey mournfully, "is always clearer than foresight." Against the Pittsburgh Steelers...
...exceptional speed, so he had agreed to play. There was Curtis Hill, an end from Bakersfield, a smiling, studious, religious boy who had walked the campus squeezing a tennis ball to strengthen his wrists. His friends recalled that he had hoped to play pro ball with the San Francisco 49ers. There was Tackle Rodney Baughn, who was engaged to marry a Cal Poly coed who had just bought her wedding dress. All were dead, along with 13 of their buddies...
...finding stars hidden away on other Negro teams that seldom make headlines. Maryland's Morgan State produced the New York Giants' all-N.F.L. Tackle Roosevelt Brown, and North Carolina A. & T.'s J. D. Smith is "now a standout halfback for the San Francisco '49ers. Says one N.F.L. scout: "My God, we'd be crazy not to watch those Negro colleges. They've got the talent...
Leahy was nominated by Victor Morabito, a co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers. Gunsel was offered by Frank Mc-Namee, president of the Philadelphia Eagles. Washington's George Preston Marshall placed Schissler's name before the meeting...