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Johnny Rodgers, winner of the Heisman Trophy, and Nebraska teammate and lineman Rich Glover were named to the Associated Press All America team for 1972. Cornhusker defensive end Willie Harper also made the team...
Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska's dazzling wide receiver, was named Heisman Trophy winner yesterday. Rodgers's selection was somewhat unexpected, because Rodgers's run-ins with the law were expected to alienate many of the Heisman voters...
...hour work week devising the precise, detailed game plan that has become the U.S.C. trademark. The best evidence that McKay's intricate preparation works is his record at U.S.C.: 96 wins, 33 losses; six Pacific Eight Conference titles; five Rose Bowl teams; 23 All-Americas; two Heisman Trophy winners (Mike Garrett and O.J. Simpson); two undefeated seasons; and two national championships...
...passed for more than 2,200 yds. last year and broke Tobin Rote's 20-year-old rushing record for quarterbacks of 530 yds. The New England Patriots are off to a sparkling start behind Jim Plunkett (6 ft. 3 in., 210 Ibs.), the former Heisman Trophy winner and 1971 American Conference Rookie of the Year. And in Pittsburgh, long-suffering Owner Art Rooney hopes that his Steelers can ride to the first league title in their 40-year history on the strong arm-and legs-of Terry Bradshaw (6 ft. 3 in., 214 Ibs.), who passed...
Sonny Werblin, the Jets' high-rolling owner, got Joe with what was until then the biggest salary-cum-bonus offer ever given to a football rookie. Namath quickly won the starting assignment from Regular Mike Taliaferro and the man who had beaten him for the Heisman Trophy, Notre Dame's John Huarte. Before Joe, the Jets might as well have been the Pottstown Firebirds for all anyone cared about them; their only fans were grumpy football buffs who could not afford to pay scalpers' prices for scarce New York Giant tickets. Werblin knew what he was about...