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...season seems to be predicated on the survival quotient of quarterbacks. As of last week, no fewer than 16 signal callers in the two leagues have been sidelined with injuries for one or more games. Many of the injuries, like Starr's, could hardly have been prevented. Pete Beathard of the Houston Oilers (record: 3-5-0) was rushed to the hospital last month for an emergency appendectomy, while winless Philadelphia's Norm Snead, trying to make a tackle after an interception, turned sharply and broke his ankle in a preseason game against the Detroit Lions. Baltimore...
...Chiefs' real strength is their depth. To back up Quarterback Dawson, Kansas City has Pete Beathard, who led Southern Cal to the national college championship in 1962. Last week Dawson injured a hand in the third quarter, and Beathard came in to complete seven out of ten passes. On defense, the Chiefs are so rich that they cannot find a regular slot for their No. 1 draft choice of 1965-Minnesota Lineman Aaron Brown, who signed for a $300,000 bonus. Or maybe they're taking pity on their opponents. Brown stands 6 ft. 5 in. and weighs...
Money flowed like ballpark beer, and college stars gleefully acted as their own auctioneers. The Detroit Lions lost Southern Cal Quarterback Pete Beathard, their No. 1 draft choice, to the A.F.L.'s Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs gave Beathard a $15,000 bonus for signing, a $20,000 contract, stock in a pay-TV company, a new car and a rent-free apartment...
That would be enough to set any young man's head awhirl. But for Beathard, as for most rookies, a "career" in pro football may mean nothing more than sitting miserably on the bench, or maybe a spot on the kickoff "suicide squad." Occasionally, a rookie hits it big. But for every one who does, there are many more like Ralph Gu-glielmi, bouncing around four pro clubs in seven years, wishing he had never listened to all that hoopla about glamour and success. The "old pro" may be a cliche, but he is also a fact: only...
...married off so he'd have to quit the Academy." Muses another: "Maybe he's got flat feet?" After Staubach, who? In the year of the quarterback "it's a tossup," says one scout. Nevertheless, the majority choice is Southern Cal's Pete Beathard, 21 (6 ft. 2 in., 205 lbs.). "A winner all his life," reads a report. "Capable of throwing the bomb." Scouts fret that Miami's George Mira, 21 (5 ft. 11 in., 180 lbs.), may be too small, but he will be a high draft choice ("He'll have...