Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bookmakers, who bet no sentiments, chose the Packers by 6½ points, and that was just about right. The Packers' aces-Fullback Jim Taylor, Halfback Paul Hornung, Quarterback Bart Starr-might be weary, but they were part of a team, a disciplined professional team that plays with precision and remembers Coach Vince Lombardi's admonitions: "Wear them down. Punish them. Intimidate them." Only twice in the first half did the vaunted Giant offense penetrate Packer territory. The lone Giant touchdown was scored by the defensive team, on a blocked punt. Tittle complained about the cold: "My hands were...
...Green Bay's Hornung, noted mainly for his running, put the ball on the Giant 7 with a 21-yd. pass. The Packer line opened a truck-sized hole on the next play. And when it counted, Fullback Taylor, spitting blood from cuts inside his mouth, rumbled through for the score. "That was our only mistake," said the Giants later. Had they stopped Taylor, the result would have been the same. Whenever the Packer attack stalled, Guard Jerry Kramer booted a field goal-three in all-and Green Bay won, 16-7. Then the country boys headed back...
...selection of the Philadel phia Eagles: Michigan State Guard Ed Budde. Budde's salary: an estimated $15,000 a year. Not to be outdone, the Buffalo Bills picked off two more Michigan State stars: Center Dave Behrman, No. 1 draftee of the Chicago Bears, and Fullback George Saimes, No. 6 choice of the Los Angeles Rams. Then the Bills outbid the Bears for Notre Dame Linebacker Ed Hoerster. topped the Green Bay Packers' offer to Notre Dame Quarterback Daryle Lamonica...
...League Guard Fred Thurston was a three-time loser (Chicago. Philadelphia. Baltimore) when Lombardi rescued him from obscurity in a trade with the Colts. About 50% of today's Packers were already on the roster, but nobody would have known it: Jim Taylor was a second-string fullback; Paul Hornung was a sometime quarterback, sometime halfback, sometime fullback, who spent most of his time in a state of total confusion. "Before Lombardi arrived. I was a jumping jack." says Hornung. ''When he came, everything changed. He said. 'You're going to be my left halfback...
Vince Lombardi. the architect of it all. gets an estimated $50.000 a year in salary. He lives in a comfortable $35,000 home whose den is filled with trophies won by Daughter Susan. 15. an accomplished horsewoman, and Son Vince. 20, a 195-lb. fullback for Minnesota's College of St. Thomas. If anybody in Green Bay had a $1.000.000 house, Lombardi would be that man. When he walks down the street, people greet him as some sort of demigod. After home games. Vince and his wife Marie eat dinner at Mancie's restaurant...