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Word: ace (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most perplexing thing to followers of Harvard soccer is why the team isn't winning. In Ohiri the Crimson has one of the most talented offensive players in the East. He is an ace dribbler and header with a boot that stuns goalies...

Author: By Jonathan D. Trobe, | Title: Booters Face Columbia In Bid for 2nd Ivy Win | 10/20/1962 | See Source »

Also on the injured list is fullback Lou Williams. The defensive ace cut himself in a freak accident last week and will be carrying 17 stitched in his right knee when he steps onto the Business School held at 3 p.m. today...

Author: By Robert A. Perguson, | Title: Booters to Face Wesleyan | 10/17/1962 | See Source »

Gargoyle president and Master of the Winks, Fred Goldberg, claimed that the victory was especially impressive since GUTS was playing without its ace, Leon "Squidge in One" Jacobson. Apparently Leon once accepted a candy bar for winning a match in his native England, and the Eastern Collegiate Tiddleywink Society has challenged his amateur status...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiddlywinkers Win | 10/15/1962 | See Source »

...behind in the contest, outrunning the varsity and holding Crimson center Chris Ohiri to just one goal. Ohiri managed is shots in four quarters of play, but three of his efforts scored over the goal postal. It wasn't until 6:00 of the third period that the Nigerian ace solved Williams' double teaming tactics for the varsity's lone score...

Author: By Robert A. Ferguson, | Title: Williams Double Teams Ohiri To Upset Harvard Soccermen | 10/11/1962 | See Source »

...loud out, batting .256 and hitting only 33 home runs. Mickey Mantle's spindleshanks spoiled what might have been his best season, stranding him on the bench for a third of the year. At 37, Yogi Berra could only manage a .222 average, and 1961's bullpen ace, Luis Arroyo, spent most of the year with his arm in a whirlpool bath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Year of the Stealer | 10/5/1962 | See Source »

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