Word: jim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They worried over reports that Quarterback Bart Starr could barely lift his arm, let alone throw a pass, that Fullback Jim Taylor was limping around with a pulled groin muscle, that Halfback Paul Hornung was nursing bruised ribs, a twisted knee and a sprained wrist. They noted with alarm that Coach Vince Lombardi thought so little of Taylor and Hornung that he had already hired their replacements-signing Illinois Fullback Jim Grabowski for $250,000, shelling out $600,000 for Texas Tech's Donny Anderson, who just might run, catch and kick better than any halfback since Doak Walker...
...Coach Lombardi's brand of football is so basic that little things like mud and snow don't bother him a bit. Cleveland's attack, as always, was built around the ultrasophisticated running of Jimmy Brown-and one look at the field was enough to convince Jim that it was not going to be his day. Although he is a fullback, Brown is primarily an outside runner, and he needs good footing to outmaneuver defenders on the sweeps. "The difference between a great back and a good back is only this much," he said, holding his thumb...
...thing to get the ball, and another to move it. To beat the Browns, the Packers knew they would have to stop Jim Brown, put constant pressure on Cleveland Quarterback Frank Ryan so that he could not throw the "bomb" to Paul Warfield or Gary Collins. The first job fell to Packer Linebacker Ray Nitschke. "Brown was my big heat," Nitschke said afterward. "I keyed on him 85% of the time." The measure of his success was that in the crucial second half Brown gained a grand total of 9 yds. Ryan was the responsibility of the whole Packer line...
...American John Cuniff, last year high scorer in the ECAC; Phil Dyer, Jim Mullen, and John Moylen, who such racked up more points last year than Harvard's top two returning scorers combined; and goalie Pat Murphy, all back from the squad that made it to the CAA finals...
...Crimson lost to the Eagles besides the shot came in the mile, one of the best battles ever fought in the Cage. B.C.'s Bill Norris is the IC4A steeplechase champ. Everyone knew he was strong and he has a kick. But no one expected him to beat strong Jim Baker in the mile...