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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...
...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...
Quarterback Pat Sullivan of Auburn had a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day. The most explosive passer in the history of the Southeastern Conference was named winner of the 1971 Heisman Trophy by a 152-vote margin over Cornell's hard-running tailback, Ed Marinaro. Sullivan, who guided Auburn to a 9-1 season and a berth in the Sugar Bowl, is regarded as a fine pro prospect. That does not necessarily mean that he will make it in the big league. In the past 20 seasons, such celebrated Heisman heroes as Notre Dame's Johnny...
Short Bullet. Scouts are impressed by the way Wichard runs the Pioneers' pro-style offense. Calling all of his plays at the line of scrimmage, he has developed the kind of radar-like sense for reading defenses that the pro teams prize. A classic drop-back passer, he is as accurate with the short bullet as he is with the long bomb. "If I need improvement in anything," says Wichard, "it would be in my ball handling. I can't spot anything I have to work on in my passing...