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...members tend to be intolerant, even contemptuous, of nonmembers, no matter what their claims to greatness. Bobby Layne, the roistering old Lion, quarterbacked teams that won championships in the N.F.L. He belongs. So do Bart Starr, who won five, Johnny Unitas, Norm Van Brocklin and Joe Namath. Francis Asbury Tarkenton, 36, is not a member. Though he has won three conference championship games, Tarkenton...
...seasons since the rookie quarterback with the choirboy face took the snap from center in the Minnesota Vikings' first National Football League game, he has surpassed all others in passing yardage (41,798), touchdowns (308), completions (3,186). Along the way to achieving those records, Tarkenton put a new word-scramble-into the vocabulary of football and marked the game forever with his indelible style. This coming Sunday, he will try for the third time to join the lodge...
...innocent face is seamed now, although the eyes remain as ingenuous as ever. The preacher's son from Georgia chews tobacco and affects barracks language-acceptable, almost required vices in an old pro. The once idyllic Tarkenton marriage faltered this season when Wife Elaine moved to Atlanta with their three children. He is a millionaire several times over, a self-made corporate presence who teaches industrial motivation to some of the largest firms in the U.S. So often do interviewers seek him out for his incisive football mind and for his sophisticated, glib delivery (still tinged with a Southern...
...Tarkenton's extraordinary records, his longevity and hardiness-he has missed but one game because of injury-his utter command of the 100-yd.-long environment of football and his success outside the game would seem to leave him with few challenges. But there remains a restlessness in him, a relentless drive. "The problem I have with life," Tarkenton has written in his autobiography, "is that I have more things I want to do than I have time to do. I'm talking about a deep involvement. You can get it on the football field, of course...
Always known for his ability to produce under pressure, Tarkenton provides Minnesota with the ability to play good catch-up football when necessary...