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Word: jock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Koerner claims he really would like to play football or hockey except that "I'm too small and uncoordinated." But, he admits, "I'm really not a jock. It's just that some people are into music, some are drug dealers-I'm a runner...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Koerner: A Jock of A Different Ilk | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...jock, football players and hockey players, soccer men and wrestlers all seem to blur into one, large hunk. But cross country runners always have seemed different-somehow not your basic jocks...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Koerner: A Jock of A Different Ilk | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

Further clarification: He tells his non-jock interviewer with disdain, "Never in your life have you had to suffer any physical pain...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Koerner: A Jock of A Different Ilk | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...people think that profiles have to uncover the fact that your local jock captained three high school sports, played in All-State Orchestra, was valedictorian of his class, and spends his summers mountain climbing in Nepal...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Soccer Fullback Gray Embarrassed, But Not by Crimson's Shutout Streak | 10/25/1969 | See Source »

HARVARD-CORNELL: Ricky Nelson was a travelling man. If he were a Hardvard student-jock (not such an outrageous thought), he'd be in Ithaca today to see our boys win. I'm in Cambridge, which I guess indicates something. But on to the game, Harvard will win, and Cornell will lose. The Crimson is healthier today, and can rest assured that the Big Red has no tricks- Ed Marinaro will run the ball on at least three-quarters of the plays. That's all there is to say about this or any other game today. But the score should...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 10/18/1969 | See Source »

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