Word: csonka
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Times have changed. Last month A.F.L. teams whipped their N.F.L. big brothers in ten of the first 16 interleague contests. The Miami Dolphins, for two seasons the doormats of the A.F.L., rolled over the Philadelphia Eagles 23-7, as Rookie Fullback Larry Csonka ground out 90 yds. and two touchdowns. The Buffalo Bills used rookies liberally as they defeated the Detroit Lions 13-9, while the Houston Oilers stopped the Washington Redskins 9-3. Kansas City beat both the St. Louis Cardinals and the resurgent Minnesota Vikings by scores of 13-10. Even the Cincinnati Bengals, a first-year expansion...
...U.S.C.'s Earl McCullouch, who gave up a chance at an Olympic gold medal (he is the world co-recordholder in the 110-meter high hurdles) to play pro football, the game was especially rewarding. McCullouch caught two TD passes. For Larry Csonka, Syracuse's 236-lb. fullback, playing against the Packers was "like being in a dream." To Green Bay he was strictly a nightmare. Trampling out 95 yds. on 18 carries, Csonka was the key man in an astonishingly successful All-Star ground attack that gained a total of 206 yds. against the toughest defensive line...