Word: maclean
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been published ten years ago, Alistair MacLean's thriller might have transferred effortlessly for a smaller budget to a smaller screen. The plot is not much different from, say, Samuel Fuller's low-budget submarine picture Hell And High Water, and even the magnificence of Cinerama can't conceal the thinness of the story. The Ice Station Zebra souvenir booklet plot synopsis, these usually confined to initial statement of the premise, manages to tell everything up to the last ten minutes without appearing expensive. The souvenir booklet also pretty much gives away who the villain is, which...
...MacLean starts every game and plays for two or three series of downs before being replaced by Georges. For the rest of the game Georges is used primarily to blitz the passer and contain the outside run, MacLean to stop the up-the-middle run. This is not a hard-fast rule, however. Often, one just comes in when the other gets tired...
Both Georges (6'0", 215 lbs.) and MacLean (5'9", 210 lbs.) played fullback and linebacker in high school. Both won honors for their fullback play as seniors. Georges was named to the All-Massachusetts and All-Prep New England teams and MacLean to the All-Prep team for the Washington, D.C., area...
...MacLean played offensive and defensive tackle as a freshman but was moved to middleguard his sophomore year because of his relative lightness. He played backup man for star middleguard Stan Greenidge the last two years but didn't gain much playing experience...
Harvard fans will be looking for Georges and MacLean to bloom on the field today...