Word: gridironic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...game of touch football. The sport that once belonged to the nation's scurrying small fry has suddenly been borrowed by grownups with a yen to work off energy, ease aging legs into shape, sweat out a hangover, or realize Mittyesque dreams of gridiron glory. Touch has lately become an obsession with college kids, wheezing gaffers, giggling secretaries-and, of course, the entire clan of President-elect John F. Kennedy, who, according to old opponents, possesses "the best passing arm in the family." Says one New York touch fan: "We used to have trouble getting two other guys together...
Nelson was awarded an inscribed silver bowl, "given (annually) by the Boston football writers, radio, and television men to the New England college football senior, whose achievement on and off the gridiron was considered most outstanding...
Before the coin toss, co-announcer Bob Neal, galavanting over the gridiron in a baggy reccoon coat, introduced the starting line-ups on a hook-up that included the 40,000 at Soldiers Field. He belted each player on the shoulder and yelled "Good luck, boy," as each starter in turn smirked at the red light...
...friendly meeting tonight between Harvard and Yale Corporation members will precede tomorrow's better contest on the gridiron...
...Boone, rightfielder on the baseball team, was one-for-two on the gridiron. He muffed a high punt in the third period, and the resultant fumble set up a Penn scoring chance. In the last quarter Boone redeemed himself by centering under a stray pass from Penn's George Koval. The interception helped...