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Word: passers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...country. Dowling, a 6'2" senior, has not lost a game he has played at Yale. His freshman team was undefeated, he missed sophomore year with an injury, and last year's team's only loss came when he was out with another injury. A strong runner and passer, he holds seven Yale records, one Ivy record (most touchdown passes, career) and has been named the Ivy's outstanding back on four of the 12 weeks of his career...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Harvard, Yale Clash for Ivy Title | 11/23/1968 | See Source »

...Dowling is not an extraordinary passer," Georges adds. "His strong point is scrambling," he says, "and if we can make him throw from the pocket like the average quarterback, the results of his passing will be the same as with the average quarterback...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Middleguards Georges, MacLean To Pressure Scrambler Dowling | 11/23/1968 | See Source »

...Neither a great runner nor a great passer but a born winner. He grows on you." -- Yale coach Carm Cozza...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Brian Dowling Mystique: The Power of Talent and Press | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...impressive passer nor a particularly outstanding runner. And his play selection is sometimes suspect. He is currently being billed as an 'All-American candidate.' His campaign platform is simple: He's a winner." -- Dick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Brian Dowling Mystique: The Power of Talent and Press | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...Brain Dowling's undefeated record (in games he has finished) since seventh grade or something. Carmen Cozza, the Yale coach, has said that Dowling is neither a great passer nor a great runner, he is just "a born winner." That is a disgusting prospect. We all know there is no such thing as a born winner or a born anything else. Winners are made and not born (like Wheaties) and to suppose that Dowling was born to win is strikingly un-American...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Toward a Theory of Destruction | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

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