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...there will be a little football, too. Baughan, assisted by Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas and former Philadelphia Eagle standout Pete Retzlaff, will conduct daily practices to organize his diverse squad, including Ivy League Player of the Year and Hula Bowl-invitee Judd Garrett of Princeton...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Seven Gridders Are Japan-Bound For Unsanctioned Bowl Game | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

Theismann's want for himself was to star, not just play, for the Philadelphia Eagles, the team he most admired as a boy. But a chance meeting with Eagles General Manager Pete Retzlaff made that seem unpromising. "How tall are you?" Retzlaff asked. "Six foot," he replied. "You look 5-10. How much do you weigh?" "One-eighty." "You look 165." Never mind; plenty of other National Football League scouts were attentive. When Theismann was not drafted until the fourth round, he was staggered. Even then, the claimant was Miami, which already employed Bob Griese. Theismann went to Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Full Circies and Quarterbacks | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

...Camera in six. Only the clock and calendar, say experts, separate him from the heavyweight championship, since he is scheduled to fight Braddock next September. Meantime he and his managers, a pair of dusky financiers from Detroit and Chicago, plan to eliminate Isadoro Gastanaga in Havana Dec. 29, Charley Retzlaff in Chicago the following month, one-time Champion Max Schmeling in New York City in June. A routine incident in this schedule included the elimination of Paulino Uzcudun at Madison Square Garden last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Incident in Schedule | 12/23/1935 | See Source »

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