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Word: quarterback (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Catlan's game is off. He was once the Number One quarterback in the league, but he's getting old. His younger teammates on the New Orleans Saints ride him, and his wife, a fashion designer (Jessica Walter), goes into a deep freeze whenever he comes near. As he hobbles off the field, fans bellow such pleasantries as "Yaah, why don'cha apply for Medicare?" He is even driven into an affair with another woman (Diana Muldaur), which is consummated in front of a fireplace and photographed with a lot of lingering dissolves as superimposed flames...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Time for Medicare | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...Both these ingredients have also proven to be John's stumbling blocks. In high school, John was a quarterback, and he got used to running the team. "Once you've played quarterback, you just don't want to play any other position. So when I started to play football here. I naturally wanted to play that position. Quarterbacks my size in college are rare occurrences." John said...

Author: By Martin R. Garay, | Title: Confident Ballantyne Hasn't Time for Politics | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

However. John did try to play quarterback at Harvard three times. "I'd come back after a summer and figure I'd try to play quarterback but then I'd be moved back to halfback and would have to learn the position all over again." John explained...

Author: By Martin R. Garay, | Title: Confident Ballantyne Hasn't Time for Politics | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

Fernando Gonzalez, coach of the Quincy touch football team, expressed doubt on Monday that his offense could match last year's since quarterback Ken Sandler had graduated. But in yesterday's game. Quincy made it clear that Gonzalez worries are unjustified...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy Triumphs In Season Debut | 10/1/1969 | See Source »

Tommy Harris, Jim Fabiani, and Gonzalez himself were, in addition to Morgan, responsible for the potent offense. Like coach John Yovicsin, Gonzalez has not yet determined who will be his starting quarterback. Harris is making a strong bid and threw for three of yesterday's touchdowns, one a bomb to junior Pete Wright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy Triumphs In Season Debut | 10/1/1969 | See Source »

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