Word: brawne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jack Faulkner. But there is one contest in which the fledgling pro league is a match for its older rival : bidding for the services of this year's graduating college stars. Last week the A.F.L. was throwing money around with such hearty abandon - and picking up so much brawn - that the quality of its football should show notable improvement in a few years...
Mountains & Muscle. By design, Colorado's Outward Bounders are a mixed lot. Aged 15 to 21, they range from prep school boys whose parents are delighted to pay the $300 fee to underprivileged Negroes sponsored by the Boys Club of New York. Boys of similar brawn and background are separated and formed into four mixed "patrols," fittingly named Carson, Crockett, Bridger and Boone, which compete against each other. Since the key to success is teamwork, every new test prods the strong to help the weak, and the weak to push themselves to their limit...
...squad of domestiques, whose job is not to win themselves but to harry opponents, ride in front to break the wind, trade bikes if Van Looy's breaks down, and ensure that he has clear sailing for his sprint to the finish. Most domestiques are hired for their brawn, not their racing ability. But Van Looy's eleven-man, cardinal-jerseyed "red guard" is a cut above the average. The guard took three years to assemble, and each of them is nearly as fast as the boss. They make up to $600 a month, sometimes are even permitted...
...When the National Football Foundation chose football's top scholar-athletes for $500 Earl Blaik Fellowships, all eight turned out to be linemen-who are supposed to be long on brawn and short on brains. The winners: Tufts' David Thompson, Rutgers' Alex Kroll, Vanderbilt's Wade Butcher, Western Reserve's Albert Iosue, Colorado's Joe Romig, Rice's Robert Johnston, Oregon State's Mike Kline, Utah State's Merlin Olsen...
Tackles: Merlin Olsen, 21, Utah State; 6 ft. 5 in., 265 Ibs. Fate Echols, 22, Northwestern; 6 ft. 1 in., 255 Ibs. The nation's No. 1 college lineman, Olsen is a home-grown giant from Logan, Utah, who boasts brains as well as brawn: his scholastic average (3.96 out of a possible 4) is the highest in Utah State's College of Business. Tough and tenacious ("He doesn't block; he explodes"), Olsen could play either offense or defense with the pros. Smaller but extremely fast, Echols probably will be shifted to guard if he accepts...