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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...completed 61% of his passes, hit for 25 touchdowns. "One of the greatest players to come out of the Southwest since Sammy Baugh. Can throw off-balance, long or short. Has a great edge because he is tall and can see over the line." While the scouts admire Penn State Quarterback Richie Lucas for his all-round ability in both passing and running, they rank him behind Meredith because he falls short of outstanding mastery in either-and mastery in a specialty is a prerequisite for the pro. Sure to be drafted: Notre Dame's George...
Halfback: Billy Cannon, 22, Louisiana State; 6 ft. 1 in., 207 lbs. Major: pre-dentistry. "A cinch to make the pros on offense, or even defense; one in a century." Rated side by side with Cannon: Army's Bob Anderson, 21 (6 ft. 2 in., 205 lbs.). Says one scout: "If Anderson were eligible to play, he'd be a No. 1 draft choice. But he's got that three-year obligation to Uncle...
...Burton, 23, Northwestern; 5 ft. 9 in., 180 lbs. Major: education. "Great speed and elusiveness; whenever he carries the ball, he's a threat." Close behind Burton the pros rank Iowa's Bob Jeter ("as fast as you want them") and unsung Abner Haynes of North Texas State ("He's 180 lbs., and he runs...
Fullback: Bob White, 21, Ohio State; 6 ft. 2 in., 214 lbs. Major: education. "A crunching runner who could also make it as a linebacker...
...week's end (he is appealing to the State Tenure Commission), Worley was not sorry for his stand. "Controls by administrators," said he, "are a scab on a festering sore that hinders imaginative teaching." Twelve parents promptly hired him to tutor their children. Scholar Jacques Barzun, provost of Columbia University, wrote a warm personal note: "In a period when the rarity of good teaching is notorious and likely to increase, it is a rash administrator who would dismiss a competent and reliable teacher solely on the ground of not following to the letter a secondary obligation in the form...