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DIED. Raymond ("Buddy") Parker, 68, mild-mannered former Detroit Lions head coach who transformed a woeful, second-division football team into a gridiron juggernaut, winning the national championship in 1952 and 1953; of complications from a ruptured ulcer; in Kaufman, Texas. Parker is credited with the development of the two-minute drill, a predetermined series of plays used near the end of a half or a game...
Murrer grew up in Cincinatti, Ohio, and attended St. Xavier, an all-male Catholic high school. He began running in seventh grade when he joined the cross country team but gave it up the following year when he discovered the gridiron...
When it was demanded, FDR could be tough in his editorials. A poor turnout of freshmen for their class gridiron squad drew this comment: "It is time for a class, which has not yet given many indications of worth, to show that it at least can pull together in an attempt to help its eleven." And on another occasion he termed the lack of adequate ventilation in Massachusetts Hall classrooms a "serious hygienic wrong...
McInally also believes that some people harbor misconceptions concerning gridiron stars. "I think that has prejudices against football players...
...quarterback Terry Wilson to tightend Art "A-OK" O'Keefe combination has maintained an impressive aerial threat throughout the season. The running of explosive halfback Bob Maddox devastated South House in its semi-final match. Offensively, Q-World has little or no-trouble moving the ball all over the gridiron...