Word: quarterback
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Some Texas Republicans hope former Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach, who led the Dallas Cowboys to two Superbowl victories, will lead the them in victory against Bentsen in November. They held a "Draft Staubach" meeting yesterday in New Orleans, to show their support for the former NFL quarterback...
...York Congressman also carries some Western clout as a native Californian and former San Diego quarterback. He appeals to G.O.P. right- wingers and supply-side purists and has a gritty optimism that could attract blue-collar Reagan Democrats. But he has already proved himself an uninspiring campaigner in the primaries...
Going to the hoop-la. Football metaphors were in the ascendant during the convention (Dukakis: "Every team has to have a quarterback. That's the nominee"), but rangy basketball players posted up and down the convention floor. Four former professional B-ball players were delegates. Maryland Congressman Tom McMillen (6 ft. 11 in.) played for the Washington Bullets. Walt Bellamy (6 ft. 11 in.), a Jackson delegate from Georgia, played center for the Atlanta Hawks, among others. Arizona Congressman Morris Udall (6 ft. 5 in.) played one year for the Denver Nuggets. New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley...
Yale, the home team, the mighty Blue and White, takes charge of The Game in the early going. Bulldog quarterback Kelly Ryan, who turned down scholarships to bigtime colleges like Miami and is the owner of every major Yale passing record, stakes his club to a 10-7 halftime lead...
...shuts down Ryan, his friend and the guy who shares the cover with him on the Harvard-Yale program. He gives an opening to his quarterback, Yohe. Yohe takes...