Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Darrell Royal, head coach at the University of Texas, wears tailored three-button suits and adopts a low-keyed, tutorial tone with his players. "When he explains something," says Quarterback James Street, "it's like getting a lecture from a professor." Royal also likes to bring his charges down to earth with such occasional homespun homilies as: "There ain't a hoss alive that can't be rode, and there ain't a man alive who can't be throw...
World War II saved Royal from the fruit-picking odyssey. He joined the U.S. Army Air Force in 1943 and played for the Third Air Force at Tampa, Fla. After the war, Oklahoma Coach Jim Tatum had little trouble persuading the slight (5 ft. 11 in., 158 lbs.) quarterback to come home and try his hand at college ball. In 1947, Royal's sophomore year, Tatum was replaced by a youngster named Bud Wilkinson. Under Wilkinson's guidance Royal was named All-America quarterback in 1949. But the pro scouts considered him small, and he drifted into coaching...
Hurley seems to have found his place in his safety spot. "Nothing feels better than a good clean tackle." he said. "and that's probably what makes it all worth it Besides. it's pretty gratifying to see a quarterback eat the ball, because that means you're doing your...
...second time in five weeks of Ivy League play. Princeton quarterback Scott MacBean has been named Ivy Leagne Back of the Week. He earned the honor for his vital part in Princeton's 51-20 roping over Harvard Saturday...
...reason for his success in moving the team is his ability to read defenses and call audible at the line of scrimmage. He picked apart the Harvard unit. "He was a hell of a quarterback as far as brainwork goes." said Gary Farneti, the Crimson's left linebacker...