Word: game
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Game' (See Cover) The quarterback snaps "Let's go," the eleven burly men clap their hands in a single, sharp crack, and the offensive huddle dissolves. Then, taking his place behind the looming rump of his center, the quarterback looks with narrowed eyes across the line of scrimmage at the most formidable sight in professional football...
...thousands of new fans are happily discovering, pro football is a game of precise and powerful virtuosity -incredible catches, runners who break away from swarms of opponents just when they seem stopped, crunching tackles and jet-powered blocks. No experienced pro fan ever leaves a game in its last five minutes when his team is only two touchdowns behind-any club can, and may, explode in those five minutes and win. Pro football is a game in which every carefully selected, battle-tried man seems larger than life, not only in skill and speed, but in sheer brute strength...
...does get by him, Parker contritely reassures Unitas in the huddle: "Johnny, it won't happen again." The Colts also boast End Raymond Berry, who is slow and small (6 ft. 2 in., 190 Ibs.) as pro ends go, so near-sighted he wears contact lenses during a game, but has proved so twinkle-toed a faker that he has caught a league-leading 48 passes in eight games...
...coach: "In college football, all you really need for a defense is a few big tubs of lard in the line. They can't move, and they can't be moved. In pro football, size isn't enough; everybody has it. Defense becomes a game of chess...
...zone, where they can get a head-on view of the intricate mayhem of line play. They know what they are seeing. "Chicago's hittin' inside the tackles, and Frisco's stacking the defense inside," complained one end zoner at the game eventually won by the Bears, 14-3. "Look at those corner linebackers pull in, and how close the tackles up front are playing! I mean, how can you run through that ton of beef...