Word: hatchetmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contest marred by outbreaks of violence and gangland headhunting, the Crimson touch football team rallied for a 23-2 victory Saturday over Box Jox, a collection of demi-intelligent administration types and paid-off Hessian hatchetmen who earlier this year had boasted of capturing the football title of Cambridge...
...temper, Best, 23, has been a marked man since 1968, when he led the Manchester United eleven to their first European Cup championship and was named Footballer of the Year. At 5 ft. 9 in. and 150 Ibs., he looks like a sparrow in shorts next to the burly "hatchetmen" who triple-team him to cries of "Break the bastard's legs!" Best's revenge is "to make them feel so inferior they'll never want to play football again." He does it with speed, deception and an uncanny skill for controlling the ball while warding...