Word: championships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...halftime, thanks to a fabulous 52-yd. field goal* by Lou ("The Toe") Groza, the Cleveland Browns led the Los Angeles Rams, 10-7. A year ago, when the two teams played for the National Football League championship, it was Groza's unerring toe which won the game, 30-28, in the last 30 seconds of play. In this week's playoff game at Los Angeles' huge Coliseum, football history seemed to be repeating itself...
...Women's division, 16-year-old Tonley Albright of Newton Centre, Mass., won first place, beating Sonya Klopfer, who outpointed her for the Women's National Championship last spring. Virginia Baxter, a Michigan State freshman who is more noted for free skating than figure skating, turned in a fine performance to take third place...
...will defend his world's championship for the fourth consecutive year in Paris and then go on a long exhibition tour of Asia and Europe, returning in the spring...
...America lacrosse teams were selected Saturday by the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, but there were no members of Harvard's New England championship ten on the squad. In fact, no N.E.L. players were selected. Charles Marsters '07, however, who for years has been boosting lacrosse in New England schools, was named as the man who did most for lacrosse...
Leverett's novice goalie Dave Lanier played a fine game in the intramural hockey league yesterday, but he wasn't enough to stop the championship Dudley team from winning, 5 to 3. Eliot beat a weak Kirkland six, 5 to 1, and Winthrop soundly trounced Adams...