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...Beathard, as for most rookies, a "career" in pro football may mean nothing more than sitting miserably on the bench, or maybe a spot on the kickoff "suicide squad." Occasionally, a rookie hits it big. But for every one who does, there are many more like Ralph Gu-glielmi, bouncing around four pro clubs in seven years, wishing he had never listened to all that hoopla about glamour and success. The "old pro" may be a cliche, but he is also a fact: only one out of eight rookies wins a starter...
When Chicago police arrested Joey Glimco on his first murder charge, the booking officer gave up counting Joey's previous arrests, just listed them as "innumerable."' Since that day in 1928, Tough Guy Glimco (alias Joseph Glinico, Joseph Glielmi. etc., etc.) has added a lot more arrests to his police record. Yet Joey Glimco, longtime extortion racketeer in Chicago's West Side poultry markets, at age 50 is an official of the U.S.'s biggest and most powerful labor union: James Riddle Hoffa's Teamster Brotherhood (TIME, Aug. 31). in which he is president...
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