Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They put me on the taxi squad three weeks ago and said I would be used for the future. I expected that, since it takes several years to develop into a good NFL quarterback. But I was surprised when they cut me, because I'd been playing good football--I played better than ever and they told everyone that. I even surprised myself," Crone said...
Since being cut Crone has been at home in Meriden. Conn., where he has contacted NFL and Canadian Football League teams in hopes of playing somewhere this season. Although the CFL season has already started, several teams need quarterbacking help and Harvard Coach Joe Restic may help Crone to find a home with one of them. Restic was the coach of the CFL Hamilton Tiger Cats before coming to Harvard and certainly will recommend Crone highly to his former cohorts. In addition, the Atlanta Falcons told Crone last week that Ottawa (CFL) was calling around the NFL in search...
...Canada and play," Restic said last week. "The important thing now is that he play this year--it will really hurt his chances if he has to sit out a year because right now he's feeling he can make it as a quarterback. And I think...
...last resort, Crone says that he will consider playing with several of his former teammates, including former quarterback rival Rod Foster and halfback Ted DeMars, with the New England Colonials...
...people will claim that he was drafted because of "fantastic" statistics. Crone, the only Ivy League quarterback picked by the pros in the draft last year, finished seventh in Ivy League passing last year, completing the lowest percentage of passes and throwing the most interceptions enroute to breaking the Harvard career interception record. He also ran 56 times for 140 yards...