Word: rentzel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...RENTZEL SAW LITTLE ACTION that year despite a spectacular debut in the O.U.-Texas game. Rentzel had hitched down to Dallas on the day before the game since there was no room for the fifth team on the plane. He spent most of Friday night partying, and ate two hot dogs and some cotton candy at the state fair Saturday morning. Much to Rentzel's surprise, Wilkinson sent him into the game at the end of the first half, and in his first two varsity plays he caught two passes for 85 yards, and one touchdown. Rentzel remained...
...Rentzel became a starter at halfback. During his senior year he led the Big Eight Conference in yards-per-carry, and in 1965 he was selected as the second-round draft choice of the Minnesota Vikings. Rentzel was leaving O.U. as a Golden Boy, the handsome athlete from a rich family who was a fine football player and a tireless playboy. Yet, at one point in the book, Rentzel writes bitterly, "What had I really learned in those four years? Nothing...
...Minnesota, Rentzel encountered difficulties almost from the start. He was injured so frequently that his teammates nicknamed the whirlpool "the S.S. Rentzel." Norm Van Brocklin, the Vikings' coach, disliked Rentzel's carefree attitude and derisively called him "Joe College." Finally, in September 1966. while nursing yet another injury, Rentzel read George Orwell's 1984, became very depressed, drove to a playground, and exposed himself to two girls. Promising to submit to psychiatric treatment, he was let off on a charge of disorderly conduct. Rentzel played out the rest of the season, and, in early 1967, was traded to the Dallas...
...DALLAS, Rentzel seemed to have finally found a home. He started for the Cowboys in 1967, became an all-pro in 1968. On April 12, 1969, he married Joey Heatherton after a courtship widely covered by national media...
...year later, everything turned sour. The Cowboys began to crumble during the first part of the season. On Nov. 15, Dallas lost, 38-0, to the St. Louis Cardinals (this was during the pre-Crone era). Three days later, Rentzel saw 2001: A Space Odvssey, and reacting strongly to the movie, his depression hit new depths. The following afternoon, he drove out aimlessly after practice before finally exposing himself once again...