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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Short Cuts. What are this super-manager's characteristics? Typified in public life by John F. Kennedy, the gamesman loves taking calculated risks and is fascinated by new techniques. He is simultaneously cooperative but competitive, playful but compulsive, a team player but an aspiring superstar. He does not worry much about money; his main concern with the size of his salary is that it is the way corporations keep score...
...anyone can be believed about basketball, it is Jerry West. Few have mastered the game as thoroughly as this open-faced country boy from West Virginia. In his 14 seasons as a player, West scored 25,192 points-a record that has been topped only by Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson. Along the way, West shoveled off 6,238 assists-meaning he gave away more points than all but a few superstars score in an entire career. Says Laker Forward Don Ford: "I watched him play on TV when I was growing up. As far as I'm concerned...
...famous teammate Phil Esposito thinks the bright mask "is terrific. It makes Gratton happier, so he plays better." Indeed, the Rangers won a victory the very first time the goalie wore teeth. But Emile Francis, coach of the losing St. Louis Blues, declined to blame the mask. "If a player is close enough to see it, he's not looking at it," said Francis dryly. "He's looking for a hole in the net." Fangs...
...twines in the maskless era of hockey, when goalie's mugs often resembled Goodrich radials. "I think that all goalies are a special breed who readily accept the challenges and hazards of the trade, and pray for a good set of defensemen," the 1953 Angier Trophy (Most Improved Player) winner commented...
...GOALTENDING Player Games G.A. Avg. Steve Napier, Cornell 7 2.59 Kevin McCabe, Brown 5 2.80 Brian Petrovek, Harvard 6 3.70 Jeff Sollows, Dartmouth...