Word: lamar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Invitations have not gone out yet; the date has not even been set. But Lamar Hunt, 34, fully expects to be invited. It was seven years ago that Texan Hunt, a onetime third-string end at Southern Methodist, tried to buy a National Foot ball League franchise, got turned down-and decided to start a rival league. The American Football League is now a success, and Hunt needs just one thing to make his revenge complete: to sit with 100,000 other fans in Los Angeles' Memorial Coliseum sometime next month and watch his Kansas City Chiefs beat...
...from Southern California, got $450,000. To Owner Hunt, that is pin money; he is the son of Oilman H. L. Hunt, who is one of the richest men in the U.S. A family friend once telephoned Papa Hunt, so the story goes, to express concern over the money Lamar was pouring into the Chiefs. "How much is he losing?" H. L. asked. "Close to $1,000,000 a year," said the friend. Sighed Dad: "Well, if he keeps that up, he'll be broke in 150 years...
...plays later, Reynolds rolled right and tossed a soft pass toward Hornblower. Ray turned and took it at the goal, and stepped in, making it 14-13 Yale. The big crowd knew Coach Henry Lamar would go for the two. This was, after all, Yale. Reynolds took the snap, stepped back, and fired a bullet groundward. It didn't look like much of a pass from the sidelines, but Hornblower was there on his back to take it, and Harvard...
Zimmerman threw six touchdown passes for a successful '64 freshman team and impressed Coach Henry Lamar. From Lamar, the varsity coaching staff inherited confidence that Zimmerman would eventually make the jump to varsity quarterback, but the jump took a little time...
...Reynolds didn't only miss the deadlocking point once, but twice. With the score 14-13 in the third quarter, Reynolds kicked wide to the right, but the little Indians were offside. The referee spotted the ball on the one-and-a-half, but Coach Henry Lamar decided not to try for a two-point conversion. He stuck with Reynolds, who placed the second boot about where he had put the first...