Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...QUARTERBACK: Gary Beban, 21, U.C.L.A., 6 ft., 195 Ibs. Anybody who gains 5,358 yds. in three seasons of college ball figures to impress the pros; yet the scouts have mixed feelings about Beban. They applaud his "natural poise and confidence" and his "ability to make the big play when it's needed"-but they deplore his lack of height and his preference for rolling out rather than passing from the pocket. A better pro prospect, say some scouts, is Alabama's Ken ("Snake") Stabler, who is 3 in. taller than Beban, completed 60% of his passes...
Other Harvard players among the 37 receiving honorable mention are tackle Bob Brooks, quarterback Ric Zimmerman, defensive tackle Joe DeBettencourt, and cornerback Bill Cobb...
...Southern California, now the U.S.'s top-ranked team. Beban passed for 301 yards and two touchdowns, was told after the game by U.S.C.'s superb Halfback O. J. Simpson: "Gary, you're the greatest." Sportswriters and broadcasters agreed. By a slim margin over Simpson, Quarterback Beban, 21, was elected winner of the Heisman Trophy as college football's player of the year...
Yale was second in team defense, with only Dartmouth giving up fewer yards per game. Brian Dowling, Yale's quarterback, was fourth in individual total of fense and fifth in forward passing...
...Crimson lost THE GAME, but quarterback Ric Zimmerman has been named Ivy Back of the Week for his performance in the Yale Bowl last Saturday...