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Died. Ernest A. (Ernie) Nevers, 72, thundering Hall of Fame fullback at Stanford, an early star for the Duluth Eskimos (1926-27) and Chicago Cardinals (1929-31) and holder of the alltime single-game scoring record for professional football (40 points); of kidney disease; in San Rafael, Calif. Nevers also pitched professionally for the St. Louis Browns from 1926 to 1928. His coach at Stanford, Glenn ("Pop") Warner, once compared him to the legendary Jim Thorpe by saying, "Nevers could do anything Thorpe could do, and Ernie always tried harder...
...complexity of the Dallas offense does not worry Widenhofer either. "We have an advantage in playing Cincinnati twice this year," he says. "The Bengals use lots of motion. The only difference between Dallas and Cincinnati is where the quarterback is." The Steelers' offense is more predictable. Fullback Franco Harris was good for almost 5 yds. a smash this season, and Quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who is also having his best season, will throw to him as well. For deeper patterns, he looks to the speedy Lynn Swann...
...developing, but since late last season he has directed the Steeler attack like a young Johnny Unitas. This year he has completed better than 60% of his passes, scrambled for first downs, and given his powerful backfield plenty of opportunities to carry the ball. When Franco Harris is at fullback, that may be all a team needs to win. The son of an Italian mother and a black father, Harris is a runner of the Jim Brown model: strong, shifty and astonishingly difficult to bring down. Last year he was the Most Valuable Player in the Super Bowl, breaking...
Brown and Cornell dominated the All-Ivy first team. Brown's Fred Pereira, the league's leading scorer, and Steven Ralbovsky were unanimous selections. They were joined by teammates Marc Griffith and fullback Tom Walsh...
...Cornell fullbacks Paul Beuttenmuller and Dave Emmerson, goalie Dan Mackesey, and forward Joe Mui placed on the team. Dartmouth's Steve Papai (fullback) and Bruce Bokor (forward) rounded out the first team selections...