Word: punt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...launched a "Search for Superfoot" among 1,600 English soccer players; the winner, Mike Walker, a Lancashire bricklayer, was not only signed by the Patriots last season but appeared in eight games. In March the three superfans are going to Australia to scout some rugby players who can reportedly punt a football 70 yds. Andelman confidently says that when the "Kangaroo Kid" makes his debut in pro football next season, "he'll be so good they'll have to change the rule book...
...playoff game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Early in the game Steeler Quarterback Terry Bradshaw was knocked unconscious by a bone-jarring tackle and had to spend most of the game on the sidelines feeling "pretty loony." Then, in the second quarter, Miami Punter Larry Seiple dropped back to punt and-surprise!-ran the ball 37 yds. to set up the Dolphins' first touchdown. Finally, Dolphin Quarterback Bob Griese, out with an injury for most of the season, took over in the second half and hit Receiver Paul Warfield with two crucial passes to clinch...
...outset it was the two defenses which dominated play. After a number of punt exchanges, the Dolphins finally mounted a serious drive. With one second remaining in the first quarter Griese fired a perfect strike to split receiver Howard Twilley who raced 28 yards for the score, completing a 63-yd., six play drive...
...RECEIVERS. Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, 5 ft. 10 in., 171 lbs., and Steve Holden, Arizona State, 6 ft. 2 in., 195 lbs. Rodgers, the 1972 Heisman Trophy winner, has "all the moves"-and then some. Hummingbird-quick, he ranks among the nation's college leaders in receiving, scoring and punt returning. Though some scouts have reservations about his size and durability, most agree that "he will be dangerous wherever you play him." Holden "easily has the best hands in the country." His feet are not bad either; prized for his ability to run deceptive pass patterns, he also...
Highlight of Rifkin's season came in the Dartmouth game when he recovered a fumbled Dartmouth punt return for a touchdown in the opening moments of the game. The recovery for the score was fundamental in the Crimson's tie with the Ivy champions...