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...About the only gainer to date from the strike is aluminum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strikes: Still in the Trenches | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

...Since Simpson and Keyes are juniors, the pros will have to wait for what one scout calls "two of the finest football players I've seen in 15 years." A 9.4-sec. man in the 100-yd. dash, Simpson was college football's No. 1 ground gainer with 1,415 yds. and an average of more than 5 yds. per carry. He can also throw passes and catch them-and a lot more. "If a coach put him in as a defensive back," says one scout, "I'm sure that in ten minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: How the Pro Scouts Vote | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

Five Yard Gainer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomore to Play At Penn | 11/1/1967 | See Source »

PAPER LION, by George Plimpton. The lowly Detroit Lions of 1963 may outlive Green Bay, enshrined as they are in Plimpton's humorous prose. Plimpton tried out for the team with disastrous results, but his memoir of pro football is a long gainer for the fan and the nonfan as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Feb. 3, 1967 | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

PAPER LION, by George Plimpton. The lowly Detroit Lions of 1963 may outlive proud Green Bay, enshrined as they are in Plimpton's elegant and humorous prose. Plimpton tried out for the team with disastrous results, but his memoir of pro football is a long gainer for the fan and the nonfan as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jan. 27, 1967 | 1/27/1967 | See Source »

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