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Word: mccoys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Apparently the line is not the big problem this fall for Boston is not too anxious to talk about it. At the ends he has mostly new men to the Jayvee squad with George Cady, Morrill Cole and Don McCoy being among the best. "I lost one of my starting ends in pre-season practice, Chief says, "when Jerry Bahn broke his leg. But he may be back in a month...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/10/1947 | See Source »

...might have to wait til classes start on Wednesday. But you can't borrow lectures notes the first day ... Maybe I should get lost???? Would he know his way around, through? Maybe I could meet an upperclassman that way. Or I could pretend he looks like Rufus McCoy who rescued me from drowning when...

Author: By Bunny Wintergreen, | Title: Stadium Viewed As Grim Nexus in Local Manhunt | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...might have to wait til classes start on Wednesday. But you can't borrow lecture notes the first day . . . Maybe I should get lost ???? Would he know his way around, though? Maybe I could meet an upperclassman that way. Or I could pretend he looks like Rufus McCoy who rescued me from drowning when...

Author: By Bunny Wintergreen, | Title: Stadium Viewed AsGrim Nexus of Local Manhunt | 9/18/1947 | See Source »

...year-old Cleveland writer on foreign affairs (Mainsprings of World Politics), and president of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, was made president of the Foreign Policy Association, top-ranking citizens' group for the study of international problems. His predecessor: 72-year-old Major General Frank R. McCoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 7, 1947 | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

Judging by the record of prize rookies, he had about a 50-50 chance of making good. In 1924, the papers were full of the Athletics' Paul Strand, who cost them $75,000 and didn't last the season; in 1940, it was the Athletics' Benny McCoy, now no longer in the major leagues; in 1941, it was the Cubs' "Mad Russian" Lou Novikoff, who has since gone back to the Pacific Coast League where he came from. There had also been publicized rookies who fared better: 1926's Mel Ott, 1937's Bobby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hero Without Spurs | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

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