Word: fergusons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...State's bread-and-butter play, the fullback simply hugs the ball to his belly, lowers his head and charges. This year such tactics have made unbeaten, once-tied Ohio State third among U.S. college teams. And no one plays the role of bulldozer better than Robert Eugene Ferguson, 22, a bullnecked (6-ft., 215-lb.) fullback who deals out as much punishment as he takes...
...massive-shouldered, thick-chested Negro with thighs like tree trunks, Ferguson puts such savage strength into his pile-driving charges that he has been stopped behind the line only three times in three years of bruising Big Ten ball. "He has impossible power," said Northwestern Coach Ara Parseghian after Ferguson ground out nine first downs in Ohio State's 10-0 victory over the Wildcats. "He runs over people who don't bring him down with one or two shots...
...Trojan Bull. A unanimous All-America in his junior year at Ohio State, Ferguson is bulldozing his way toward a spot on most All-America teams again, despite the fact that every Ohio State opponent has been laying for him. "In a way, it hurts the opposing team more than it does me," says the uncomplaining Ferguson-and his point was neatly proved fortnight ago. "We stacked our defenses on Ferguson," said Indiana Coach Phil Dickens. "We knew we had to stop him at the risk of weakening ourselves somewhere else." The result: while eight hulking Hoosiers jammed up close...
...Ohio's smoky mill towns, the nursery schools for some of the best pro football players in the U.S.. Ferguson was a legend before he even finished Troy High School, 73 miles west of Columbus. He was so big when he entered Troy-a rock-solid 195 Ibs.-that school officials had to send out mimeographed copies of his birth certificate to quell complaints from rival coaches. Soon the coaches had better reason to gripe. After dropping its first three games during Ferguson's freshman year, Troy never lost another while he was around. College recruiters, awed...
Underfed Boy. At a rock-hard 187 Ibs., Saimes looks like an underfed boy alongside such hulking Big Ten fullbacks as his own Spartan rival, Ron Hatcher (220 Ibs.), and Ohio State's Bob Ferguson (225 lbs.). Coach Duffy Daugherty insists that Saimes is the finest fullback he has ever coached at Michigan State. "I've said it before, and I'll say it again," says Daugherty. "George Saimes could play any position on this team-including quarterback and tackle-and I know he would if I asked...