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...Sunday afternoon in 1965, late in a losing game and late in a losing year, Los Angeles Ram Quarterback Bill Munson hobbled off the field with a banged-up knee. His replacement was Roman Gabriel, then in his fourth year of spotty, second-string duty. The plays were sent in by the coach and "the boys didn't think too much of me in the huddle," Gabriel recalls. "I can't say that I blamed them. I had no idea how to read a defense." He soon became a speed reader. In the season's remaining month...
...Gabriel and the Rams have come a long way since then. This year they were undefeated as they approached midseason; quite possibly, their late-November home-turf confrontation with Dallas' potent Cowboys will be a dress rehearsal for the N.F.L. title game...
Aching Backfield. Head Coach George Allen cites Gabriel as the No. 1 reason for the Rams' preeminence, and the reason is just the reverse of 1965: "He has the leadership, the respect of the team. And he can read defenses." Which is a special kind of compliment, coming from Allen. A defensive coach for the Chicago Bears. Allen went to the Rams in 1966 preaching what he practiced best: defense. His work with Linemen Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, Roger Brown and Lamar Lundy gave them the muscular title, "Fearsome Foursome." As for Gabriel, Allen merely gave him the football...
Things loosened up in 1967. "I became more experienced," understates Gabriel, whose 25 TD passes set a Los Angeles record. But while the Rams were still blinking at their 11-1-2 record, Green Bay's Packers wrapped them up, 28-7, in the N.F.L. Championship game. Still, the Rams had scored 398 points, most in the league, and had surrendered the fewest, 196. Offense had caught defense, and 1968 would be the year...
Joining Hicks on the new council will be: Thomas I. Atkins. Joseph F. Timilty, John L. Saltonstall 38, John E. Kerrigan, Frederick Langone, Gerald J. O'Leary, Christopher A. lanella and Gabriel A. Piemonte...