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...often in a college center. A college center has to be really exceptional to make the grade in the pro game, because he has to do so much that he isn't called upon to do in school: throw key blocks, drop back to protect the passer. Goode has what it takes...
...rely on an unofficial substitute. The Dunsters were completely out-classed by the Yale team which passed, ran, and later rallied like the Harlem Globetrotters. The Bulls added injury to insult by scoring their final two points on the last play of the game, dropping a Dunster passer behind the goal as he looked vainly for receivers...
When he entered Memphis State, Wright looked like a better candidate for water boy than for All-America. Puny (148 Ibs.) and injury-prone, he was an erratic passer. But Wright put on 43 Ibs. by stuffing himself with food and lifting weights, practiced passing until he could hit a fast-moving receiver on the helmet at 50 yds. The effort paid off' as a junior last year. Quarterback Wright was drafted by two pro teams-the National Football League's Champion Philadelphia Eagles and the Boston Patriots of the American League. "We originally figured Wright for defense...
Last week, the Patriots lambasted Buffalo, 52 to 21. Among the heroes, as usual, were quarterback Butch Songin, an itinerant athlete who at 37 is the league's third-ranking passer, and Cappelletti, who by kicking and receiving has already tallied 96 points...
Sharing the quarterback duties for Harvard will be sophomores Bill Humenuk and Mike Bassett. In general, Humenuk is the passer, and Bassett is the runner, and although Bassett will start today, "The one who moves us best will play most of the game," Yovicsin says. Bill Grana will start at fullback, and Tom Boone will share the halfback attack with Chuck Reed, who missed last week's game because of a leg injury...