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...blocking from all-pro Guard Larry Little; stocky Mercury Morris (5 ft. 10 in., 190 lbs.) runs around them. When their runners are stopped, or their passes fall incomplete, the Dolphins figure to get points from the talented instep of another new Miami folk hero: soccer-style Place Kicker Garo Yepremian, an off-season tie salesman who was born in Cyprus, of all places, and who led the A.F.C. in scoring last year...
Some are even more impressed with Shula's nontechnical capacity to impart a sense of cohesion, and his own indomitable positivism. Says Place Kicker Yepremian: "He's the kind of guy who knows when to pat you on the back and when to put you down. Even if I miss a kick he says, 'Keep your head up. You'll get the next one.' But one day he caught me doing something I shouldn't have, punting on the practice field, and he got on me quick." Adds Csonka: "He doesn't give...
Maroon had several chances to win the game in the last quarter but their kicker missed three penalty kicks, one coming with just five minutes remaining in the game...
...Kicker Ted Perry, Harvard's last-second enemies in Dartmouth's 16-13 win of a year ago, missed the extra point, and Harvard retained a 7-6 lead...
PROFESSION: All-Ivy halfback on Cornell soccer team, regular defenseman on the Big Red's NCAA runner-up hockey team, kicker and punter for the football team, and left fielder for the diamond...