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...that people still believe in Jack Armstrong, All-American, or at least want to believe. Georgia Football Hero Herschel Walker has been Frank Merriwell himself. Walker gained more yards (5,259) than any other runner ever has in three seasons, and more than everyone but Heisman Trophy Winners Tony Dorsett (Pittsburgh, '76) and Charles White (U.S.C., '79) has in four. When the Heisman went to Walker this winter, some considered it two years overdue. He also ran track and dreamed of the Olympics. He wrote poetry. "I wish they could see/ The real person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Frank Merriwell Turns Pro | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

Lifted by a 20-point bonanza in the third quarter, the Dallas Cowboys but-chered the Buffalo Bills last night at Texas Stadium, 27-14. Quarterback Danny White combined with Tony Dorsett and Tony Hill for two touchdowns and Rafael Septien added a field goal and two extra points in the 15-minute rally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 11/10/1981 | See Source »

...body, but those thumbs were the stuff of awe. Arye Gittleman's thumbs are the biggest and most skilled in the game. For those who don't know already, Gittleman--MIT '83--has a rippling dynamism on the double-felt that can only be compared to what Tony Dorsett does on the gridiron...

Author: By Jeffrey E. Seifert, | Title: Pumping Iron with World-Class Jocks | 10/31/1981 | See Source »

...Carmichael set an N.F.L. record for receptions in 127 straight games, and Kicker Tony Franklin proved that barefoot boys can make it in the N.F.L. The Eagles defense is football's stingiest. In the N.F.C. championship game against the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia held usually lethal Running Back Tony Dorsett to just 41 yds., held Quarterback Danny White to 127 yds. passing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Nobodies Meet the Misfits | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

...perennial contender, and Harvard shoots for the Ivy League crown. But the differences between the two teams and the atmosphere that surround them go farther than this. Sitting at the Georgia-Georgia Tech game last Saturday and counting down the yards Herschel Walker needed to break Tony Dorsett's freshman rushing record, these differences became clear...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Harvard 10, Georgia 7 | 12/5/1980 | See Source »

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