Word: pitt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...young Pitt became George III's Prime Minister at 24. *Eden's elder son Simon, an R.A.F. navigator, was lost over Burma in World...
...With this august authority, he issued himself a uniform and began to practice with the varsity. "The athletic director couldn't help but notice me, and asked what the heck I was doing out there, so I told him I was going to make a football leter, or leave Pitt. He told me all right, stay out if you want, and if you make your letter, I'll buy you a suit of clothes'." Jordan won three varsity letters and captained Glen S. (Pop) Warner's last Pitt team in 1923. "It was a pretty nice suit of clothes...
...Warner man, Jordan went into coaching immediately after leaving Pitt, and after four years of high school work, went to Colgate as an assistant coach. In 1932, he moved to Amberst as head football and basketball coach, and later became athletic director as well. Amherst played Harvard once during Jordan's tenure. "We hit that team just right--outstanding players like "Chub" Peabody and Vern Struck were sophomores, and they only beat us, 13 to 0. We had a good back also--Al Snowball, and throughout the game, the announcer kept blaring, "Struck, by Snowball...
Football--winning football--is his almost all-consuming task during the season. Once when asked how he felt about the sport, he answered with an anecdote: "A head cheerleader at Pitt was holding tryouts for new men. He told them that Pitt was on defense with the other team in possession inside Pitt's five-yard line. Then, he asked what cheers they would call for in such a situation. The first candidate picked, 'Hold that linel' The second said, 'Hold tight!' But the third yelled, 'Sock it to 'cm, Pitt!' and that's exactly the way I feel about...
...unbeaten Ohio State moved out of the conference for one afternoon, took on the Pitt Panthers, trounced them 26-0 and got ready to buy its squad a fistful of tickets for the Rose Bowl. Michigan, meanwhile, hung on to its thin hope for the Big Ten title by beating Illinois...