Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...life, began by serving seven straight faults. His opponent, Elvin Hayes, the 6-ft. 9-in. pivotman for the Baltimore Bullets, had never played a set either, but managed to win 7-5 because "I've hit the ball up against a wall a lot." Quarterback Johnny Unitas confessed that "I haven't held a racket in my hand since high school," then proved it by losing 6-0 to the New York Rangers' right wing Rod Gilbert. "I thought I did pretty well," said Unitas. "At least I didn't fall down...
While Foster played quarterback and running back at Harvard, most professional scouts he has been in contact with think of him in terms of his potential as a cornerback. In his Harvard career Foster gained 694 yards on the ground for a 4.8 average and ten touchdowns, passed for 733 yards and 13 touchdowns, and returned kickoffs for 603 additional yards...
...criticism of Crimson sports reporting has centered around the Dave Hynes case and our coverage of the circumstances of his withdrawal, it has come to our attention that there have been rumblings of dissatisfaction with Crimson coverage for some time. Our critics cite the coverage of football (particularly the quarterback situation), the post-season basketball analysis of last spring, and the coverage of basketball during the present season as evidence that we are negatively inclined toward athletics at Harvard and "anti-jock" in our attitude. Nothing could be further from the truth...
...harshly criticized in October for blasting a quarterback on the football squad, a quarterback whom I felt was not giving Harvard an optimum performance. I hold no personal animosity toward him as an individual and I did not seek to main him psychologically. But after the frustration of watching performance after unsuccessful performance, I felt that a change could not detract from an already meager athletic production. And I wrote what I felt, hoping as did so many other fans, that the end result would be a better team performance for Harvard...
Crone, one of four Ivy League players drafted by the pros, was, according to his mother, "absolutely thrilled" by his selection. But the reality of professional football may be too harsh for Crone, as indeed Ivy football was for the quarterback who finished seventh in Ivy passing and broke the Harvard career interception mark...