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...make them tens, and changing other bills into century notes. They even peddle U.S. currency in brown, blue and beige. In Yugoslavia, a batch of grey hundred-dollar bills printed up for a movie were soon fetching $120 worth of dinars on the black market. Another Eastern European buck passer got away with putting some pink "play money" into circulation...
...Knees. A six-year veteran, Tarkenton was the No. 2 passer in the N.F.L. in 1964, with 171 completions in 306 attempts for 2,506 yds. and 22 touchdowns. Last year, though the Vikings had a poor 4-9-1 season, he still passed for 2,561 yds. and led the Vikings to a 20-17 victory over the Green Bay Packers, one of only two games the world champions lost all year. He is known in the trade as a "scrambler," who would just as soon run as throw, who can turn a potential 10-yd. loss into...
...game) last year. This year, his main job is to get the ball to Alcindor, and his own scoring average has slipped to 12.5. "Mike is even more valuable as a floor leader," says U.C.L.A. Coach John Wooden. "He brings the ball up court; he is an exceptionally fine passer; he can dribble to his right and left better than any player I've ever had." > St. John's University's Albie Swartz is described in the game programs as 5 ft. 10 in. tall and 175 Ibs. Unless he is still growing...
...average, were younger, bigger and probably stronger than the Packers -whose ground game had not been much to brag about all year, anyhow. That led naturally to Fact Two: Packer Quarterback Bart Starr, who completed 62% of his passes during the regular season, was the No. 1 passer in pro football. So Green Bay was going to the air. Fact Three: the Chiefs' cornerbacks on defense were vulnerable; they were "gambling," trying to cover Green Bay's wide receivers too tightly-mostly because they were forced into single man-on-man coverage by the blitzing tactics...
...clinch the N.F.L.'s Western Division championship. Halfback Paul Hornung, 30, and painfully burdened by a pinched nerve in his neck, is still, by the consensus of his fellow pros, "the greatest money player in the game." And Quarterback Bart Starr, at 32, is the No. 1 passer in the N.F.L. (156 completions in 251 attempts, for 2,257 yds.); last week he was voted the most valuable player in the league...