Word: namaths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only to Pele at the peak of his career. There was also Ade Coker, a young, temperamental character with flashy moves, and Shep Messing '72, a top American player who led the NASL in goals-against average last year. Messing also brought the Minutemen his playboy reputation--"the Joe Namath of soccer," they billed...
...Bear's players, wearing the red jersey means being part of a tradition that reaches back to Don Hutson, Bart Starr, Lee Roy Jordan and Joe Namath. Says Defensive Back Andy Gothard: "Football at Alabama is earthly heaven." For the majority of students, the equation seems simple: by their football you shall know them. Cleo Thomas, Alabama's first black student-body president, says: "A national identity from football is all we have. If we had a losing season, we'd be nobody. We're gambling our pride and respect for the school on one thing...
...total offense, leading the league in quarterback rushing with 321 yds. He completed 59% of his passes, breaking the Colts' record held by Johnny Unitas. Jones, 25, has but one eccentricity: growing a beard during the season-not to shave it off for the cameras a la Namath, but to camouflage his face for duck hunting in the Chesapeake marshes...
...fixes is real and its policing of the game is aggressive. A full-time staff of investigators monitors coaches and players, and the league is quick to act when it scents potential trouble; witness the celebrated suspension of Paul Hornung for wagering on games and the order that Joe Namath sell his interest in a restaurant frequented by betting types. Illegal gambling on pro football is already massive, of course: polls have indicated that 31 million Americans wager some $15 billion annually on the outcome of N.F.L. games. But the N.F.L. argues that any wagering, legal or not, carries...
...Tough emphasizes the precariousness of a pro career, particularly the likelihood of injuries. Dr. James Nicholas, engineer of Joe Namath's knees, notes "the turmoil on the field" and the injuries that inevitably result. He deadpans: "Players are like human beings in this regard." If the show glamorizes anything, it is the survivor. There is a cheerful sequence about the Washington Redskins' "over-the-hill gang" who are much livelier than the glum recruits at the Senior Bowl. The program's strength lies in such vignettes. The viewer may end up agreeing with the good doctor that...