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Sept. 5, 1966. "Future Great" "Williams is described by Wallace as a "future great." The head coach said that the frosh halfback played only one year of prep ball but has great potential because of his speed and size...

Author: By Sid Williams, | Title: A Few Words Before I Go | 5/2/1972 | See Source »

...emphasized the importance of "psyching out" the other team and cited this year's Cornell game as one extreme example. "Their halfback Huerta literally punched Chris Wilmot in the face throughout the game. Harvard's sloppy play that game was due in part to anger roused by Huerta's efforts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Captain Eyes Next Year's Soccer Prospects | 3/14/1972 | See Source »

...time in all their embarrassing nakedness. His humor derived from his innocent exaggeration of the discrepancies between the grandiose pretentions of people and institutions and their imperfect realities. Rogers questioned the value of a college education: "Will college pay? Of course college will pay--it you're a halfback or a basketball player. College athletes sometimes ask me when they should turn pro. I tell them, 'Not until you make as much as you can in college...

Author: By Ben Sendor, | Title: Will Rogers, U.S.A. | 3/9/1972 | See Source »

...Donnell Jr., 65, a commander of U.S. bomber forces in the Pacific during World War II and the Korean conflict; of a heart attack; in McLean, Va. A Brooklyn boy whose pink cheeks earned him the nickname Rosie, O'Donnell was a light, fleet West Point halfback before obtaining his commission in 1928. He led B-17 Flying Fortresses defending American positions in the Philippines early in World War II, later evacuated Allied troops from Burma and airlifted supplies "over the hump" of the Himalayas. After receiving his first general's star in 1944, O'Donnell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 10, 1972 | 1/10/1972 | See Source »

Penn end Don Clune, Columbia quarterback Don Jackson and linebacker Paul Kaliades, Princeton halfback Hank Bjorkland and Cornell defensive back Don Jean all received 13 out of a possible 14 votes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coaches Choose Marinaro For All-Ivy League Team | 12/10/1971 | See Source »

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