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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine by Jaroslav Pelikan (Univ. of Chicago, 3 vols.). Another Lutheran's modern classic in an old-fashioned field; heavily documented, remarkably readable...
That's what 74,500 fans in Denver's Mile High Stadium must have thought as their Broncos' cheerleaders, the Pony Express, skittered onto the field in glittering t & a (for team spirit and ardent rah-rah-ing) costumes of halters, miniskirts, gloves and white vinyl boots. But wait. That cheerperson in the middle, wasn't she a little flat of chest and hairy of hide? No wonder. It was TV's Robin Williams (Mork & Mindy) filming for an upcoming sequence, Hold that Mork! So it was all a drag? Not for the Broncos...
...college on football scholarships. They have been won by every starting offensive lineman in the past six years and by every starting center and all but one quarterback since 1963. When Notre Dame and Michigan played earlier this year, at one point five of the 22 players on the field were Moeller alumni. Says Faust: "I can tell a boy that if he gets good grades and he's 6 ft. 2 in. and plays on the offensive line, we can almost guarantee him a scholarship...
...room proclaims: GOD + EFFORT + DEDICATION BRINGS VICTORY. Although about 15% of Faust's players are non-Catholic, they all pray together after practice. On game days they attend benediction in the school chapel, then gather round a statue of the Virgin Mary to pray again. Before taking the field, at halftime, and again after the game, further prayers are offered. Admits Assistant Coach Jeff Liebert: "I think we do pray a little more than anybody else...
...schoolboy power, Brother Rice High School, 33-14, then took on the flagship school of the tough western Pennsylvania mine country, Penn Hills High; score: Moeller 30, Penn Hills 13. The Crusaders' final regular season game against Mount Healthy was typical. Despite a driving rain that turned the field into a swamp, the flashy Moeller offense still operated in high gear, rolling up five touchdowns...