Word: passers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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...
...averages 253 lbs. from end to end. Kansas City has three of the A.F.L.'s ten top rushers: Halfback Garrett (566 yds.) is No. 5, Halfback Bert Coan (476 yds.) is No. 6, and Fullback Curtis McClinton (408 yds.) is No. 7. Quarterback Len Dawson, a natural rollout passer who could not make it with the N.F.L.'s Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns, has come into his own in Coach Hank Stram's "movable pocket" passing offense; he has hit on 57% of his passes-for 2,285 yds. and 25 touchdowns. Dawson's favorite target...
Leading the Terriers next season will be quarterback Tom Thornton, one of the best backs in the East. Thornton gained 1007 yards passing this year, and he is already the second best passer in B.U. history. Fullback--Roger Rosinski, who gained over 500 yards, is also returning...
...plays after the kickoff, with Rod Rovzar applying the pressure to Brown's passer Charlie Baglio, Greg Kundrat picked off Baglio's sideline pass at the 30 and ran it in for a score...