Word: hornung
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EARLY AUTOMOBILES by Clarence P. Hornung. 201 pages. Abrams...
...mystique that blurs objective analysis just as the Yankee pinstripes used to do is fullback Chuck Mercein. Since he started for Green Bay in its playoffs, no one has mentioned that he is the worst fullback in either the NFL or the AFL. The glory days of Taylor and Hornung have blinded people to the fact that Anderson plus Mercein is not a running attack...
...entire 1966 season. Injury-benched Fuzzy Thurston is no longer opening up truck-size holes at guard; age appears to be robbing Forrest Gregg, Jerry Kramer and Bob Skoronski of their speed and timing. In the backfield, the Packers sorely miss the devastating running and blocking of Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor. Replacements Donny Anderson, 24, and Jim Grabowski, 23, may yet earn their $1,000,000 bonuses, but they have quite a way to go: against Minnesota, Green Bay's "Gold Dust Twins" gained only 32 yds. in 19 carries. Bart Starr is still the incomparable quarterback...
...Green Bay Packer. Preseason games are supposed to be exhibitions, and that is all last week's Green Bay-Dallas game was: an exhibition of brutality in the purest Packer tradition. The faces might be unfamiliar. Donny Anderson was at halfback, in place of retired Paul Hornung; Jim Grabowski at fullback, replacing deported Jim Taylor; Zeke Bratkowski at quarterback, filling in for injured Bart Starr. But the effect was the same - a minimum of razzle-dazzle and a maximum of crunch. "When it stops paying off for us," grunted Coach Lombard!, "then we'll make some changes...
Married. Paul Hornung, 31, pro football's "Golden Boy" since 1956, now contemplating retirement from the champion Green Bay Packers because of a chronic pinched nerve in his neck; and Pat Roeder, 29, aspiring actress; both for the first time; in Beverly Hills...