Word: runner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there to take bronc-riding lessons. Riggs, meanwhile, had put on some cowboy gear, then tried (unsuccessfully) to wrestle a recalcitrant steer to the ground. Undaunted, Riggs promised a better showing in his next venture - a foot race across California's Death Valley against Australian Distance Runner Bill Emmerton...
...aggressive, in fact, that it sometimes works to their disadvantage. Offensive plays that capitalize on a hard defensive rush have gained yardage against the Steelers this year. Screen passes, for example, are designed to lure pass rushers toward the quarterback, who then dumps the ball to a runner waiting a few yards downfield...
...than 60% of his passes, scrambled for first downs, and given his powerful backfield plenty of opportunities to carry the ball. When Franco Harris is at fullback, that may be all a team needs to win. The son of an Italian mother and a black father, Harris is a runner of the Jim Brown model: strong, shifty and astonishingly difficult to bring down. Last year he was the Most Valuable Player in the Super Bowl, breaking the rushing record for the game as he rumbled for 158 yds. This season Harris trails only O.J. Simpson in rushing stats...
Freshman harrier Peter Fitzsimmons would have qualified for the nationals on an individual basis by placing 30th in the qualifying meet. As it turned out, according to Okerman, a UMass runner who placed 42nd in the qualifying meet behind Fitzsimmons was sent to the finals by his school, and garnered All-American honors on the basis of his performance in the finals...
Team captain Okerman sees Fitzsimmons as more than just "our best runner." "He was the type of guy who came down every day of the week and worked hard, leading by example," Okerman asserts. "He tried as hard as he could every race, and every practice...