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Word: biletnikoff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...A.F.L.'s No. 1 passer and its Player of the Year. Lamonica can throw the ball even farther than Green Bay's Starr, but against the Packers' superb secondary, he probably will settle for short "swings," "look-ins" and "square-outs" to Fullback Dixon, Flanker Pete Biletnikoff and Tight End Billy Cannon, a converted halfback who is a threat to go all the way any time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: And Now the Super Bowl | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

...McLoughan, and Dave Grayson are quick, man, quick. Lance Alworth and Don Maynard had some success against Oakland, but they are the only ones, and Green Bay has no receiver who resembles them. The only player in the game who can match Maynard's moves is Oakland's Fred Biletnikoff...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: THE SPORTS DOPE | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

...pros are throwing the loot around this year, Santa Claus will have to fight to keep his franchise. "There aren't 40 players in college ball worth fighting over," insisted one pro scout, but Florida State End Fred Biletnikoff pried enough ($150,000) out of the Oakland Raiders to rent his school's football stadium to get married in. Sometimes the green left grass stains. Georgia Tackle Jim Wilson signed an $8,000 contract with the A.F.L.'s Boston Patriots last August, another for $75,000 with the N.F.L.'s San Francisco 49ers last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Football: The Collectors | 1/15/1965 | See Source »

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