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Word: quarterback (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Falls' chronicle, which will delight the sedentary as much as it may in spire fitness freaks, explains why. One must, after all, be a superb athlete to play left field for the Boston Red Sox, guard for the New York Knicks or quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. But anyone with enough determination can run the marathon - and even the stragglers do a good deal better than Pheidippides, the gallant Greek who started the madness back in 490 B.C., when he ran 25 miles to tell his fellow Athenians about their troops' great victory at Marathon. Though many have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heartbreak Hill | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

Last season's regular shortstop, Paul Halas, has moved over to second base. Burke St. John, quarterback for this 'season's frosh football team, will now be calling the signals at short, while Halas joins freshmen Mike Stenhouse. Bobby Kelley and Charlie Santos-Buch in a fourman dogfight for the keystone stop...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Freshmen Pump New Blood Into Baseball Scene | 3/25/1977 | See Source »

...best quarterback in the school, you'd know his mother's maiden name, and if he was the best goalie, you'd know his favorite cereal, but he's only the best ski jumper, and since skiing gets as much recognition around here as an egg roll in an Italian restaurant, you probably don't know Dave Rand, period...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Arand and About the Ski Slopes | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

Martineau forced Westfield's Bieg, the offensive quarterback, to go to her left--her weaker direction. The pressure disturbed Bieg, and forced her to commit numerous turnovers under Martineau's close guarding...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Women Eliminate Westfield St., 73-59; Carle Powers Crimson Attack With 26 | 3/5/1977 | See Source »

First prize for the Best Individual Costume at the professional level goes without question to Fran Tarkenton, who looked more like a Lebanese dermatologist than a quarterback on Super Bowl Sunday. Fran had the advantage of working on his costume ahead of time, boning up for Sunday's dismal performance with a passing day in the NFC championship game two weeks earlier that was almost as bad. It was a Jekyll-Hyde job without peer...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Super Bowl, Brown Hockey Highlight Weekend Costume Party | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

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