Word: griffin
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When pro football's annual college draft begins next month, the obvious first choice would seem to be Ohio State Running Back Archie Griffin. He has, after all, run for 100 yds. or more in 31 consecutive regular-season games and carried the ball for nearly three miles in his Ohio State career. Last week he became the only player ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice. Despite those credentials, Griffin may not be first to go. According to pro scouts, the man most likely to succeed in an N.F.L. backfield is Chuck Muncie, a harddriving, shifty tailback from...
RUNNING BACKS. Chuck Muncie, California, 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs.; and Archie Griffin, Ohio State, 5 ft. 9 in., 182 lbs. Muncie is valued over Griffin because of his superior size and pass-catching skills. Like Chuck Foreman, the Minnesota Vikings' multitalented running back, Muncie is called "a devastating runner with the moves of a halfback." Griffin, though he may not be the top draft choice, is hardly a forgotten man. "He's superquick and super-competitive," notes a scout. Griffin is also durable. He has never missed a college game because of injury, though he carries...
Leslie F. Griffin Jr. '70, a graduate student in education, said that Guinier has been a strong leader in the black student's attempts to achieve dignity and equality...
...dedicated public service matched by few Americans." Then, within a day, he sent a list of possible nominees for Douglas' seat to members of the American Bar Association Committee on the Federal Judiciary, along with a request for their advisory reaction. By one report Michigan Republican Senator Robert Griffin, 52, had an early edge. But there are other considerations. Betty Ford is among those who think it high time there was a woman on the court. And the so-called Jewish seat has been empty since Fortas' 1969 departure. Ford might look to his Cabinet, which includes Carla...
...Dean Griffin describes the ordinary Yale student as "a quite straightforward, cheerful type of person." An upperclassman who leans more toward the abnormality theory of life at Yale puts it differently: "Your average Joe Blow student fucks around in the library for four hours pretending to study and then goes to a bar and gets drunk...