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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...grads watch Halfback John David Crow and are happily reminded of that Aggie immortal, Jarrin' John Kimbrough. The hard-charging linemen are many, mean and magnificent, and recently the squad elected Sophomore Jim Stanley as the meanest of the bunch. "Shucks," said the dark-eyed guard who knows an Aggie compliment when he hears it, "that's an awful big honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Awesome Aggies | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

That's My Boy (Sat. 10 p.m., CBS). Eddie Mayehoff as Jarrin' Jack Jackson, the all-America has-been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Jul. 19, 1954 | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

...star of the piece 44-year-old Eddie Mayehoff. Three years ago, in the Howard-written movie, That's My Boy!, Comedian Mayehoff qualified for some kind of screen immortality by stealing the show from two Dillingers of scene stealing, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Mayehoff played Jarrin' Jack Jackson, the all-American has-been. That role, now revived for television, seems a natural. Mayehoff feels that the character has been with him all his life. His father, he says, "was a successful clothing manufacturer in Norwalk, Conn. He had a plan for his son, a truly Teddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Daddy with a Difference | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

Closing the Gap. In the TV show, Jarrin' Jack can never quite reconcile himself to the fact that Junior is not a muscular fresh-air fiend like himself, but a studious type who collects tropical fish. Junior is convincingly played by Gil Stratton Jr., burr head, droop jaw, horn rims and all. What particularly jars Jack is the knowledge that the son of his meek, pint-sized office bookkeeper is a strapping answer to a football coach's prayer. Yet in program four, after Pop has the bookkeeper's boy underfoot for a weekend, he finds that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Daddy with a Difference | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

Eliot, last year's champions, put George Walcott in at stroke less than two weeks ago. The Elephants, coxed by Jarrin' John Pratt, are experienced, big, and could win, as could Kirkland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop House Eight Rated Favorite Today To Win Championship | 5/12/1953 | See Source »

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