Word: doak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nominate a unanimous All-American, Doak Walker of Southern Methodist University...
...season of fast-&-furious substitution, Southern Methodist's "iron man," Quarterback Doak Walker, played 48 minutes out of every 60. When he was on the bench, the team seemed lost. Doak carried the ball, threw passes, did the punting, called signals, scored eleven touchdowns, kicked 22 points after touchdown, blocked viciously-and, outside of Arkansas' Clyde Scott, was probably the best defensive back in collegiate football. He weighed only...
Last week, Doak Walker won the Heisman Trophy, awarded the "player-of-the year," following in the footprints of Johnny Lujack (1947), Glenn Davis (1946) and Doc Blanchard (1945). Said soft-spoken Doak, who does not seem as impressed with himself as everybody else is: "I sure appreciate...
...Doak Walker, Charlie Justice, Charlie Bednarik, and Barney Poole are some of the nationally known players who were put on the first team...
...Auld Lang Syne; a neighing, galloping horse (Eddie Cantor was a wrong guess); cat yowls; a horn tootling. Columnists and rocking-chair dopesters were certain they had it. Some of the "sure things": Sir Harry Lauder, George Gallup, Mayor O'Dwyer, Jack Benny, Gene Tunney, All-America Fullback Doak Walker...