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Word: herd (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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First top-rank college coach to be taken on by professional football, canny, 50-year-old Jock Sutherland is said to be getting: 1) $12,000 a year ($1,000 less than he received at Pitt); 2) promise of a herd of new players (the Dodgers finished third in the Eastern Division of the league last year). Among those he hopes to lure: Iowa's Ironman Nile Kinnick, No. 1 college footballer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rumor No. 687 | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

...retired as champion in 1913. Other current "recognized" U. S. champions: Veteran Jim Londos (N. Y., Pa., & Calif.) ; Bronko Nagurski and/or Bobby Bruns (Midwest); Everett Marshall (Rocky Mts.). None of these prize beeves has yet offered the Angel a bout, but if he mops up the rest of the herd, the champs may have to face him or quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Angel | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

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