Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...immediately at the start of the second half, and took several close shots that almost tied the score, but the Crimson backs were finally able to control play. Halfback passing to the line set up Ohiri's second goal, which was followed by a scoring boot from wing Sam Thompson. The Columbia team seemed to lose its nerve after the double disaster, and took no more shots in the game...
...thought Staubach was lucky," says Hardin. "It turned out that I was lucky." With Staubach as quarterback, the plebes won seven games, lost only one. The Middies started calling him "Jolly Roger," "Mr. Wizard" and "Mr. Wonderful." And last year Roger became the first sophomore ever to win the Thompson Trophy, which goes to Navy's best all-round athlete. As Hardin says, "I even like to watch this kid practice...
...Airman Thompson (Gary Bond), whose nickname is "Pip," has chosen to be conscripted seemingly out of hatred for his father, a general symbolizing all that the Establishment stands for. The officers regard Pip as a traitor to his class and plan to lure or dragoon him back above the salt. His squad mates love to hear stories of Pip's filthy-rich upbringing in a stately 18th century manor, couldn't care less when he tries to ignite their class feeling with tales of the French Revolution, and remain stubbornly suspicious of him as a snob...
Left wing Sam Thompson scored in the third period from a close angle shot that sped through the harrassed goalie's hands. Ohiri's second score came in the final quarter, a hard shot from just outside the penalty area...
Despite eager young swains like Scott Thompson, there was no obvious rush to get married. This surprised no one at Selective Service. One official pointed out that married men have always been "traditionally" called after unmarried men anyway, and that many draftees-to-be had long ago compared the Army to matrimony and decided, "Better a two-year stretch than a lifetime sentence...