Word: bellino
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yarbro had two victories on the spring training trip, and will go against Navy today. The Midshipmen, paced by halfback-turned-catcher Joe Bellino, are considered a threat for the league pennant and should give Yarbro as strong a test as any club he will have to face this season...
Halfbacks: Joe Bellino, 22, Navy; 5 ft. 9 in., 181 Ibs. Decorated last week with the Heisman Trophy as 1960's outstanding college player, Bellino could make the N.F.L., although some scouts have reservations about his size: "He'd try to block a 250-lb. defensive end and that would be the end of him." In any case, the pros figure that a four-year service stint and a bright future as a big-league baseball catcher will keep Bellino out of football. Ranked right alongside Bellino: Tom Mason, 21, Tulane; 6 ft. 1 in., 195 Ibs. Although...
...From the opening kickoff, Navy Halfback Joe Bellino (TIME, Oct. 24) dominated the big game against Army. The low-slung (5 ft. 9 in., 181 Ibs.) Navy star scuttled around tacklers on a 58-yd. run from his own 1-yd. line, later scored on a 4-yd. end sweep. Half-time score: Navy 17, Army 0. Then Army rallied for two touchdowns, and suddenly Bellino was in danger of becoming the Navy goat when he fumbled the ball. But when Army tried a long pass in the closing seconds, there was Bellino to intercept on the one, run back...
...national champions. A week after kicking a last-second field goal to beat Arkansas 10-7, Mississippi Center Allen Green kicked a 41-yd. field goal in the last six seconds for his second of the day and a 6-6 tie with Louisiana State. With stubby Halfback Joe Bellino (TIME, Oct. 24) scoring both touchdowns, fourth-ranked Navy gave collapsing Notre Dame its fifth straight lacing, 14-7. In the Ivy League, unbeaten Yale trounced Dartmouth...