Word: hogeboom
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...best. Competition may be relative, but excellence fairly requires the stiffest opposition of the day. And excellence is the fundamental allure of sport. At the same time, the damage to the integrity of the statistics and the standings is probably being exaggerated. Traditionalists at first appalled by Gary Hogeboom's record-tying five touchdown passes in Colts livery were surprised to find out that the 22-year-old record did not belong to Johnny Unitas, as anyone might expect, but to a dentist who used to back him up, Gary Cuozzo. Anthony Allen's record 255 yards' worth of Redskins...
...number of celebrated strikebreakers were available for instruction, including San Francisco Linebackers Tom Cousineau and Keith Browner. Cleaving to guaranteed contracts, Quarterbacks Gary Hogeboom of the Indianapolis Colts and Marc Wilson of the Los Angeles Raiders said their hearts were with the union, but they just couldn't afford the sentiment. ("Who's going to pay to see Joe Blow from Idaho quarterback the Raiders?" Defensive End Howie Long had chortled before he knew the situation.) Mark Gastineau of the New York Jets, the famed pass rusher and sack dancer, cited his affection for Owner Leon Hess as the reason...
Quarterbacks are always at peril, but they seem to be falling at an accelerated rate. The Bears' Jim McMahon, the Raiders' Marc Wilson and the Colts' Gary Hogeboom all have injured shoulders. A master at developing young quarterbacks, 49ers Coach Bill Walsh is left with Jack Kemp's son Jeff, 27, a substitute for five seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, and Journeyman Mike Moroski. Neither can be expected to match the two-time MVP of the Super Bowl. By a complicated system the N.F.L. employs for measuring quarterbacks, Miami's Dan Marino has just dislodged Montana as the highest...
...Dallas, his name is Gary Hogeboom, "Boom" to his teammates. Although this dashing 6-ft. 4-in. figure from Central Michigan has been on the premises four years, his only significant appearance came during the last National Football Conference championship game at Washington, after Starter Danny White was knocked unconscious in the first half. Hogeboom rallied the Cowboys dramatically, and while he ended up throwing two fatal interceptions, he put people in mind of the dear, departed Roger Staubach. Since Staubach retired, Dallas and White have lost three N.F.C. championship games...
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