Word: quarterback
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PAPER LION, by George Plimpton. Though he was a miserable failure as temporary last-string quarterback for the Detroit Lions, Plimpton succeeded in using his adventure to write the most authentic book to date about pro football...
...voices coming out of the West were ever so considerate as the champions of pro football's newly merged leagues prepared for their first meeting at next week's Super Bowl in Los Angeles. Quarterback Bart Starr of the N.F.L.'s Green Bay Packers sweetly insisted that "anybody with any football intelligence can see the Chiefs have a real fine team"-and Coach Hank Stram of the A.F.L.'s Kansas City Chiefs saluted the Packers as "the symbol of the best in pro football." My, how polite. But just wait...
...gave him a bloody nose. In 1960, he pitched an endless inning to a line-up of major-league All-Stars, who toyed with him by fouling off as many as 20 pitches before delivering the coup de grâce. In his latest adventure, Plimpton was last-string quarterback for the Detroit Lions during training season. This account of his adventure goes beyond an amateur's blushing recital to become a participant's picture of the sixties' hottest spectator sport...
...huddle and finally said, 'Christ, I don't . . , I can't think of any plays.' " Or the reticent Milt Plum, savoring a game-winning touchdown pass: "You pull off something like that, and there doesn't need to be anything else, ever." The armchair quarterback will readily agree -and be intensely jealous of Plimpton every page...
...Packers beat the Baltimore Colts three weeks ago to clinch the N.F.L.'s Western Division championship. Halfback Paul Hornung, 30, and painfully burdened by a pinched nerve in his neck, is still, by the consensus of his fellow pros, "the greatest money player in the game." And Quarterback Bart Starr, at 32, is the No. 1 passer in the N.F.L. (156 completions in 251 attempts, for 2,257 yds.); last week he was voted the most valuable player in the league...