Word: championships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ufford, winner of the tournament for the past two years, and Dave Watts, who was second to Ufford, the varsity had not been expected to do too well in intercollegiate play. Because of their good showing in the tournament, they can be considered hot contenders to retain their national championship, he added...
...virtues. As a swivel-hipped runner, he was the Lion's second leading ground gainer, and unlike most quarterbacks, college or pro, Layne does his own signal calling, whereas Graham gets a flow of instructions from the bench. This week, when Detroit and Cleveland met for the N.F.L. championship, it was quick-thinking Layne v. sharpshooting Graham...
...retaining their championship, the Lions accomplished what no other team had managed to do in Otto Graham's eight years of professional play: they held Graham to two pass completions (in 15 attempts), for a net gain of just four yards...
Halbrook's arrival at Corvallis was no accident. As a 7-ft. 1-in. Portland high-school senior in 1952, Halbrook scored 1,035 points. During the N.C.A.A. championship tournament at Seattle that year, Halbrook was a conversation stopper as he strolled past gaping coaches in the lobby of Seattle's Olympic Hotel. Turning down "dozens" of offers. Halbrook chose to go to college in his home state. As an Oregon State freshman-by then 7 ft. 2 in.-Halbrook scored a record 450 points. As a sophomore, and grown one more inch, 20-year-old Swede Halbrook...
...blinded in a boyhood boxing accident, Connelly masqueraded as a sandwich vendor, iceman, or plumber's helper to outwit gatemen and gain free admission. Before he retired at 65, he boasted that during his career he had seen every Kentucky Derby, all but three heavyweight-championship bouts, countless football and baseball games, on principle had never paid for or accepted a ticket...