Word: speedster
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Allen's plans for a balanced effort stalled last year, when his backfield began to ache. Les Josephson, the Coastal Division's leading rusher in 1967, underwent surgery for a ruptured Achilles' tendon. Speedster Tommy Mason and Workhorse Dick Bass suffered assorted season-long leg miseries. "In my way of looking at it," Gabriel says gamely, "1968 was a good test for me, because from week to week we had a different backfield, different receivers. You have to call on a lot of knowledge because you have to call plays based on what each...
Spiro. a 5'4" speedster, led Matthews South to its seventh consecutive victory. Meanwhile. Hollis earned the right to face Spiro and his teammates on Monday by defeating Greenough...
...stop gave the Crimson momentum as it moved back down the field and just missed scoring on two hard shots by Thomas. With 12 minutes gone in the first period. Bogovich fed Thomas on the left wing, and the sophomore speedster put a dribbler past the confused Huskie fullback...
...plans to make the longest jump of his career-into professional football. Though he played cornerback in college, he wants to perform as split end in the pros because "that's where the money is." The San Diego Chargers, who drafted the 6-ft. 1-in., 185-lb. speedster, may disagree, but Davenport figures he can adjust to offense. After all, he says, "Football players need speed, balance and coordination, and a hurdler has all of these." He might be right. Running Back Paul Robinson of the Cincinnati Bengals and Flanker Earl McCullouch of the Detroit Lions...
...Mike Cahalan also made significant contributions. Gerhart lost to Army's Jack Frink by a mere .2 seconds in the 200 yard free, was third in a close 100-yard free, and swam the second leg for the successful freestyle relay team. Cahalan narrowly succumbed to Army's speedster Pete Heesch in the 50-yard free and competed with Gerhart in the relay...