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...enjoy seeking my limits," Sandow says. Football, along with motorcyle racing, he says, demands that kind of effort. "Everything you got" has to be concentrated on the task at hand, he says. "Very few things will hold it [the attention] like that...

Author: By Robert Lunbeck, | Title: 'Being From East St. Louis, You've Got Badness' | 11/19/1975 | See Source »

...Sandow has coxed the lightweight varsity crew for two seasons. This year he switched to the heavyweights. He wrestled his freshman year at 118 pounds for the JV (he says he never weighed more than 112.) He has also been a sprinter on the track team...

Author: By Robert Lunbeck, | Title: 'Being From East St. Louis, You've Got Badness' | 11/19/1975 | See Source »

...Sandow has a special predilection for football. "I love the game itself--being part of it," he says. "I look forward to playing on scouting teams. It doesn't make any difference to me whether I play in the Rose Bowl or scouting games. When you get the ball, it's all the same difference...

Author: By Robert Lunbeck, | Title: 'Being From East St. Louis, You've Got Badness' | 11/19/1975 | See Source »

Football also has long term benefits, Sandow says,--"for me, especially. I'm getting discipline and building character. That makes it all worth it. Even if I didn't like it, I'd probably...

Author: By Robert Lunbeck, | Title: 'Being From East St. Louis, You've Got Badness' | 11/19/1975 | See Source »

...Sandow does like football. Most of all, he says, for "knowing that every day for four years I was there...when you work your ass off every day and it's tough." With evident pleasure he recalls being knocked cold while returning a punt in practice, and the time he mistakenly played defensive tackle for one play against Dartmouth's freshman team. He received a standing ovation from the crowd and from the Dartmouth bench...

Author: By Robert Lunbeck, | Title: 'Being From East St. Louis, You've Got Badness' | 11/19/1975 | See Source »

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