Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Oswald G. Nelson, 68, the "Ozzie" of Ozzie and Harriet; eight months after surgery for liver cancer; in Hollywood. Crewcut, relentlessly wholesome Ozzie Nelson was the archetypal all-American boy. Born in Jersey City, he became the nation's youngest-ever Eagle Scout at 13, starred as a quarterback at Rutgers and worked his way through law school by moonlighting as a bandleader. In 1935 he married his comely singer-emcee Harriet Hilliard; in their radio adventures, which began in 1944, he was the cheerful, slightly bemused pipe-and-slippers family man, she the sweetly understanding helpmate steering...
...never thought it would come to anything," laughed Housewife-turned-Author Rose Namath Szolnoki. After 18 months at the typewriter, however, Rose has come up with a biography of her skeptical son, New York Jets Quarterback Joe Willie Namath. The book, titled Namath: My Son Joe, is still three months away from publication, but movie rights have already been sold and Broadway Joe himself tapped for the title role. "Joe has changed a lot over the past three years," said Rose last week, sounding more like mother than author. "Before, he had this image of the big sex symbol...
...play, a $500,000 bonus, plus $100,000 annually for his first 20 years of retirement. Apparently Namath decided working behind proven blockers on a solid franchise in publicity-conscious New York was worth more than the Wind's airy millions. If he remains as the Jets superstar quarterback, he will not be poverty stricken. Their offer: a $1 million, three-year contract...
...hitting each other with short, hard passes. For gamblers, the long bomb is the most spectacular weapon: it sends receivers and pursuers in a frantic dash to catch the floating disk as it descends 40 or 50 yds. ahead. On offense, everyone needs the passing skills of a pro quarterback; the job of the defense is to block a pass or pick off the Frisbee in flight. Most teams use a man-to-man defense, though some are introducing zone coverage. In a good game, the Frisbee changes hands almost as fast as in basketball, and scoring is frequent...
Flanagan called these arguments "Wednesday morning quarterback...