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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What Will the Traffic Bear? In Philadelphia and Cleveland, club owners vied for the privilege of trying to sign such top 1948 college stars as Nevada's champion passer, Stan Heath, Southern Methodist's snake-hipped quarterback, Doak Walker (who still has another year of college play), Pennsylvania's burly center, Chuck Bednarik. That eliminated bidding between teams in each league but not between leagues. Nobody knew how much the traffic would bear. The Brooklyn Dodgers had signed Columbia's fullback, Lou Kusserow, but it was a fair bet that the Dodgers might not have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fantastic Situation? | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...season of fast-&-furious substitution, Southern Methodist's "iron man," Quarterback Doak Walker, played 48 minutes out of every 60. When he was on the bench, the team seemed lost. Doak carried the ball, threw passes, did the punting, called signals, scored eleven touchdowns, kicked 22 points after touchdown, blocked viciously-and, outside of Arkansas' Clyde Scott, was probably the best defensive back in collegiate football. He weighed only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: PLAYERS-OF-THE-YEAR | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

Helping the two educators are a panel of secondary school teachers, including Charles G. Buell '23, former Harvard quarterback. Harvard professors, such as Professor Kirtely F. Mather, and Alfred D. Simpson, associate professor of Education, are assisting the work by acting as members of the corporation's board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: School Panel Will Suggest Civics Change | 12/7/1948 | See Source »

Chip Gannon is slated to play in the Shrine North-South game in the Orange Bowl at Miami. Coaching the North team there will be Herman Hickman's, who has used the T at Yale all year. Hickman's fast quarterback Tex Furse will be in the game, so the T will probably be the thing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: They Pour 'T' Christmas Day | 12/7/1948 | See Source »

...schedule, including such top opponents as Michigan, Notre Dame and California, which Army did not have to face). The Cadets' two prize running backs-Gil Stephenson and Bobby Stuart-earned no new medals; both were below par due to injuries. It took the wonderfully accurate passing arm of Quarterback Arnold Galiffa to keep the Cadets in the game. Two Galiffa passes set up two touchdowns, and Army went ahead at half time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Gallup Picks Army | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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