Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...former Red Sox who studies city planning at Columbia when most footballers would be celebrating their victories--how different from the passionless fullback from Yale who Super Bowled for those tired titans of old football, the Packers. And Babe Parilli, the ageless place-kick holder and former Boston Patriot quarterback whose sensitive hands can now spot a ball (and spin the laces to the front!) three-eights of a second faster than anyone else in the world...
Simpson's score might have demoralized a lesser team, but Ohio's Sophomore Quarterback Rex Kern simply huddled with the Buckeyes and told them, "I guess we'd better get rolling and quit messing around." With Kern at the controls, that was just what Ohio State...
...second half was all Ohio State. Capitalizing on fumbles by Simpson and U.S.C. Quarterback Steve Sogge, Kern kept the Buckeyes in control of the ball. He lobbed two touchdown passes and easily earned selection as the game's most valuable player...
...Rose Bowl contest could not match the game played later on in Miami for suspense. The Orange Bowl provided one of the wildest endings of any bowl game ever as Penn State defeated Kansas 15-14. Trailing 14-7 with just over a minute remaining, Penn State Quarterback Chuck Burkhart hit Bob Campbell with a desperation pass from his own 49, and Campbell made it to the Kansas 3-yd. line. On third down, Burkhart rolled out for the score. His pass for a two-point conversion failed, but Kansas was penalized for having twelve men on the field...
...QUARTERBACK: Terry Hanratty, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 1 in., 210 Ibs. "Hanratty has it all," says one scout. "He can throw long or short, soft or hard, on a high trajectory or on a line." Others praise his faking and peripheral vision. They say that he has "the natural cockiness of a good team leader." His faults-a penchant for "throwing into a crowd," and tipping off a pass play by dropping his right foot back just before the ball is centered-are correct able. His recent knee injury is a minus, but could work as a plus by exempting...