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Muhammad Ali scored a shaky 15-round decision over Earnie "The Acorn" Shavers last night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to retain his heavyweight title...
Shavers must give most of the credit for any recognition he has received to Ali. Ali made Shavers's glazed head nationally famous by rubbing pictures of the challenger's head on television and chiding him as "The Acorn...
Beyond that foundation of returnees, nothing is certain. The front line has been totaled by the loss of Lyman Bullard, Dave Acorn, Eric Zager and George Grassby (to graduation), and Dave Eaton (to a leave of absence). Dave Updike and Tom Hsiao may prove capable fill-ins, but in all likelihood the final lineups will not be set until the team completes a few games...
Three other NASL franchises in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles have contacted coach George Ford and expressed interest in signing Acorn. However, none of these teams has invited him to tryouts, Acorn said...
Should the Dallas club sign him, Acorn does not plan to pursue a long-term career in professional soccer. He said that any contract he signed with the Tornados would not be lucrative, but that playing pro soccer, even for a short time, would be the fulfillment of a life-long dream...