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Redskins Quarterback Joe Theismann looked beneficent, his eyes cast up to the oil painting of the Great Emancipator above the mantel of the state dining room, his throwing arm restrained by his tuxedo, his hands folded as in supplication, his partner the dainty Nancy Reagan instead of the "diesel" John...
The Redskins are the property of Canadian-born Jack Kent Cooke, who expects everything he owns to shine like the top of his Chrysler Building. Cooke's team, coached by a bright man named Joe Gibbs, was constructed by boyish Talent Scout Bobby Beathard out of what some say...
After the game, Miami Coach Don Shula could smile and say of Riggins, who had carried the ball 38 times for 166 yds., "He reminded me of a fullback I used to know"; Larry Csonka, of course. "Riggins is one of the best big athletes [6 ft. 2 in., 235...
Though Riggins came to Redskins Owner Jack Kent Cooke's casual pre-game party in white tie and tails, twirling a cane, he customarily dresses like someone who resides in a duckblind. "Riggo makes his own path in life," Washington Coach Joe Gibbs says, off tackle usually. For five...
Not unkindly, Shula commended "whoever managed to get Riggins in the right frame of mind," Gibbs presumably. And Riggins concurred, "I 'got my mind right,' as Cool Hand Luke said." Football players who choose Cool Hand Luke as a role model seldom carry teams to the Super Bowl...