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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Running the offenses are young quarterbacks who are not afraid of carrying the ball themselves. The league that once considered Fran Tarkenton a heretic for deserting his protective pocket of blockers now boasts quarterbacks who routinely gallop upfield. New England's Steve Grogan fancies the end run; Baltimore's Jones likes it up the middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Upstarts and Upsets in the N.F.L. | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...seen Cuccia play quite a few times and he reminds me of Fran Tarkenton. He impresses me not only as an athlete but as a gentleman," Munio added. "His height is the only thing that might hold him back...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Ron Cuccia | 9/29/1978 | See Source »

Despite a long career at the top of his sport, Rod Carew is the least-known star in baseball's galaxy. He works his wonders in Bloomington, a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul, cities owned-in the national mind, if not in reality-by Fran Tarkenton, Mary Tyler Moore and blizzards. Carew's feats have gone virtually unnoticed by the national press. Without argument the outstanding hitter of his generation, he has appeared on the cover of the Sporting News-baseball's Bible-only three times in more than a decade. In an era of jocks selling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball's Best Hitter Tries for Glory | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

First prize for the Best Individual Costume at the professional level goes without question to Fran Tarkenton, who looked more like a Lebanese dermatologist than a quarterback on Super Bowl Sunday. Fran had the advantage of working on his costume ahead of time, boning up for Sunday's dismal performance with a passing day in the NFC championship game two weeks earlier that was almost as bad. It was a Jekyll-Hyde job without peer...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Super Bowl, Brown Hockey Highlight Weekend Costume Party | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

While we're on the subject of Sunday's game, Oakland Raiders George Atkinson and Errol Mann deserve at least a pair of Spiegel gift certificates. Atkinson was a runner up to Tarkenton for Best Costume, dressing in a Spider Lockhart outfit instead of the Richard Speck-type garb that he's known and loathed...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Super Bowl, Brown Hockey Highlight Weekend Costume Party | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

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