Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Falcon was more frustrated than Bob Lee, a tall freckle-faced redhead. At 28, Lee had been an N.F.L. quarterback for four years, but had started in only eleven games. He came to Atlanta from the Minnesota Vikings confident that he "could win the starting job." But a training-camp injury slowed him down, and Coach Norm Van Brocklin went with well-traveled N.F.L. Veteran Dick Shiner...
Just as important, Lee has lifted Falcon morale. Originally nicknamed "Howdy Doody" by Van Brocklin, Lee is now called "the General" by his teammates. He claps his hands with infectious enthusiasm before the team huddles and after he calls the plays (all sent in by Van Brocklin, a former quarterback). When Lee is tackled he hops up off the ground and claps again. "I'm not afraid to admit it when I've made an error," he says in his low-key way. His teammates appreciate that style. "Lee never eats us out when he gets sacked," marvels...
...offense, Jim Stoeckel was named as quarterback, while Pat McInally was selected with Penn's Don Clune as wide receivers. Mitch Berger and Dartmouth's Tom Csatari hold the defensive end positions, and the Crimson's Bob Shaw was chosen as one of the defensive tackles...
...other football honors announced yesterday, senior quarterback Jim Stoeckel, who holds all of Harvard's passing records, became the 25th recipient of the Frederick Greeley Crocker Award. The award is given annually to the most valuable player on Harvard's varsity football team...
...game as far as we were concerned were Delvin Bank's 70 plus yards in copping the league rushing crown, and a fourth quarter one-handed interception by halfback William Brown. And in the second half, alumnus Ben Kinard, who two days later started for Maryland at quarterback in a 42-9 shellacking of Tulane, dropped in to mock the '73 Black Knights...