Word: bone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are still giants in the game, but the giants who used to play 45 minute, nonstop halves, and never be allowed a rest unless they had a broken bone, are part of football history. The two schools that shaped early football have conceded to the two-platoon system, but not to the commercial football idea. Perhaps they remember that the game was their baby, and don't want it to be their Frankenstein
...yearling, Counterpoint cracked a bone in his ankle, and it was questionable whether he would ever get to the races ("You wouldn't have given $200 for him," said his trainer afterwards). As a two-year-old, the colt raced only twice, earning a measly $700. This year, since running a dull eleventh in the Kentucky Derby, he has turned into the runningest three-year-old in the U.S. He broke the track record at Belmont to win the Peter Pan Handicap, captured the mile-and-a-half Belmont Stakes, bruised a foot so badly he was laid...
...This bone of contention was removed by turning the matter over to a subcommittee, but replaced by Red charges that...
...team received a real boost when he first came to us from Cleveland," the wizened bone bender said, "and I think that he'll do the team a lot of good...
...coach centered for the varsity for two straight years before becoming captain. During his junior year, he was high scorer for the Crimson with 26 goals and 14 assists. In that year, he suffered a broken collar bone, shoulder, and nose, in two consecutive games at the end of the season. He also earned three baseball letters as a second baseman...