Word: hornung
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...champions of the National Football League's Eastern Division. But now they look more like chumps-at least on TV. They lost to the Minnesota Vikings, 21-7, and Sherman insisted: "The defense looked good." Then they ran into the Green Bay Packers and Halfback Paul ("Golden Boy") Hornung, back from a year in Coventry for betting on games. Hornung passed for one touchdown, booted two field goals and four extra points, and the Packers trounced the Giants, 34-10. The Giant switchboard lit up with wailing calls from fans who had seen it on TV. New York sportswriters...
...Mira, 21 (5 ft. 11 in., 180 lbs.), may be too small, but he will be a high draft choice ("He'll have a lot of money waved in his face"), as will Boston College's Jack Concannon, 20 (6 ft. 3 in., 200 lbs.), "a Paul Hornung-type back...
...anything, public worship of the handsome halfback is more fervent in disgrace than in glory. When Hornung was introduced during a recent Packers-New York Giant exhibition game in Green Bay, 42,327 forgiving fans stood up and cheered themselves hoarse. When Hornung turned up at a St. Petersburg, Fla., high school, the principal dismissed classes for a special assembly (Hornung's advice to the youngsters: "Don't bet"). The morning mail "is running maybe 99% in my favor," he blushes...
...fact, reinstatement (which Hornung will ask next year) could become a financial burden. Last year, what with football and all, he had time for only 19 banquets; this season he is already booked for 28-at $600 a speech, $100 more than last year...
Back home in Louisville, Ky., Hornung was taping a series of 130 five-minute radio interviews and sports commentary that will be broadcast by 22 stations in four states; he has also started a 13-week series of pro football talks for a Louisville TV station. And last week he began another radio stint as commentator on local high school games. But will Expert Hornung try to predict winners? "Oh, absolutely not," he groans. "You know, I did that once...