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Only old American Football League types will understand this, but Express General Manager Don Klosterman and Coach John Hadl had more than $36 million with which to tempt the Brigham Young star. They told him about a time in pro football when camaraderie was not just a word. During the great war of the '60s, both men fought jubilantly on the side of the confederacy. Klosterman negotiated with players under goal posts and signed Heismart Trophy Winner Mike Garrett at halftime of the East-West game. Back then, when Kansas City signed a Garrett, the city of Buffalo cheered...
Most A.F.L. sentimentalists use the New York Jets' triumph over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, the Joe Namath Game, to describe the elation available to pioneers. But Hadl told Young of a preseason victory in 1967, which was so emphatic-the Kansas City Chiefs 66, the Chicago Bears 24-that the players in the little league sensed where they stood more than a year before the rest of the country realized. "Our whole league," Hadl said, "was dancing in the street...
...Diego Chargers, who ran right over the Los Angeles Rams, co-favorites with the Packers for this year's N.F.L. crown, to avenge last year's 50-7 thumping. While the Charger offensive line took care of the Rams' vaunted pass rush, Quarterback John Hadl riddled the Los Angelenos' defense for 14 completions and 302 yds., including a 68-yd. touchdown toss to his brilliant flanker, Lance Alworth. Final score: San Diego 35, Los Angeles...
Scores to Settle. The Chargers ranked No. 1 in the league both in total offense and total defense. They had the A.F.L. 's top passer in Quarterback John Hadl, the top rusher (1,121 yds.) in Halfback Paul Lowe, the best pass receiver in Flanker Lance Alworth, and a monstrous (276 Ibs. per man) defensive line anchored by the biggest man in football: 6-ft. 9-in., 315-lb. Ernie Ladd. What's more, they had already clobbered the Bills once this season, 34-3. The odds makers made San Diego a 6½-point favorite. "According...
Buffalo's devastating defense did the rest. Not once were the Chargers able to get inside Buffalo's 20-yd. line. By the time the afternoon was over, San Diego Quarterback Hadl had lost 45 yds. attempting to pass, and the Bills had shut out the Chargers for the first time in four years, 23-0. "Our defensive team was so high," said Buffalo Assistant Coach Joe Collier, "that I was talking to their kneecaps...