Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...interleague raiding, of burly "baby sitters" keeping prize prospects hidden from rival league kidnapers. Gone too were the fantastic bonuses of yesteryear. The most a top draft choice could expect was a mere $200,000 or so-which is nice enough, but nothing like the $485,000 that Quarterback Joe Namath got from the New York Jets...
...Before Promise. The fledgling New Orleans Saints, the N.F.L.'s newest team, had first pick. But the Saints opted for age, not promise, and they , traded their No. 1 spot for the Balti more Colts' first-class, second-string Quarterback Gary Cuozzo. Baltimore, which finished a strong second in the N.F.L.'s Eastern division last year, happily grabbed Bubba Smith, Michigan State's mammoth (6 ft. 7 in., 285 Ibs.) defensive end who responds to chants of "Kill Bubba, kill." The hapless New York Giants (1-12-1) were supposed to be No. 2 in line...
Crazy? Maybe. Before all the prime beef was gone, the A.F.L.'s Miami Dolphins grabbed Purdue's Star Quarterback Bob Griese; the Denver Broncos took Syracuse Halfback Floyd Little; and the Detroit Lions snapped up U.C.L.A. Halfback Mel Farr. After that, the pros were mostly going through the motions and hoping for a sleeper...
...could order up a quarterback," said Giants' Coach Allie Sherman, "you would order up one like Fran Tarkenton." The one sour note was sounded by Norm Van Brocklin, Fran's coach for six years on the Vikings. Said Van Brocklin, who quit his job last month, mostly because he could not get along with Tarkenton: "There are two types of quarterbacks-those who carry a team and those who have to be carried by the team. Francis will win some games he shouldn't win, but he'll lose some games he shouldn't lose...
Whites are to blame for everything. One article solemnly accused the white power structure of keeping Negroes from playing quarterback in professional football. No matter that Negroes filled all other positions, said the magazine, a black man is not allowed to be in a "leadership position over whites." In another piece, a spokesman for the Revolutionary Action Movement, the group charged with plotting to blow up the Statue of Liberty in 1965, blamed the murder of Malcolm...