Word: passer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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GEORGE SEGAL, in my estimation, is born to win, but in this movie he's been given a crooked deal. The scriptwriters (David Scott Milton and director Ivan Passer) can't make up their minds between hilarity and a grim social realism. While real life often veers between the tragic and the ridiculous, a movie needs some sort of coherent outlook--either in the choosing of the scenes themselves (as with slices of life in which the slice is carefully cut) or in their treatment...
Staubach was named a college all-America in his junior year. So was Griese. Staubach is a Roman Catholic, is married to a former nurse, sells real estate, has blue eyes, short-trimmed hair and is modest and reserved. Ditto for Griese on all counts. Staubach is the leading passer in the National Football Conference. Griese is the leading passer in the American Football Conference. Now, on the eve of the sixth annual Super Bowl, the two best young quarterbacks in professional football are preparing to establish a crucial difference in their parallel careers: the difference between winner and loser...
...Plunkett, 24, 6 ft. 3 in., 210 lbs., has more than lived up to his Heisman Trophy notices, passing the Pats to upset victories over the Colts and Miami this fall; New Orleans Saints' Archie Manning, 22, 6 ft. 3 in., 212 lbs., the sensational roll-out passer and scrambler from Ole Miss, was so spectacular as a rookie that he had defenses gunning for him all season long; Pittsburgh Steelers' Terry Bradshaw, 23, 6 ft. 3 in., 214 lbs., finding his groove in his sophomore season, sparked the Steelers to their best winning season in five years...
...rebuff has not stopped Karras from having the last derogatory word. As quick with a quip as he once was at rushing the passer, he is the host of a breezy TV show that runs before N.F.L. Monday Night Football in Chicago. Prior to the first game between Detroit and the Minnesota Vikings, Straight Man Bill Frink asked Karras what the Lions might be thinking about in the locker room. "I think they're voting on whether to come out tonight," said Alex. "Minnesota is a vicious team. They've got hair all over their bodies...
QUARTERBACK. John Reaves, Florida, 6 ft. 3 in., 210 Ibs. A classic dropback passer with a quick release. Reaves has the height to see over charging linemen, the muscle to shake off tacklers and the poise to spring the big play under pressure. If only because so many pro clubs have weaknesses at quarter back, two other passers will also be drafted high: Pat Sullivan, Auburn, 6 ft.. 188 Ibs., and Gary wichard, C.W. Post, 6 ft. 2 in.. 217 Ibs. Many ∧B∧worry that Heisman Winner Sullivan is a mite too small...