Word: toe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were headaches and sore eyes from trying; none of us could do it. A girl in our dorm stood on tippy-toe and crossed her eyes so hard that she fell over on a table and badly bruised herself. It's just lucky she didn't break a bone...
Green Bay is the home of the Green Bay Packers, heavy preseason favorites to win their ninth National Football League championship. It is the home, too, of Paul ("Golden Boy") Hornung, 28, who set an N.F.L. record in 1960 by scoring 176 points-86 of them with his toe. But this year the gold has turned to brass. The first time the Packers played the Baltimore Colts, Hornung missed an extra point and Green Bay lost, 21-20. Next time he missed five field goals in a row and the Packers lost again, 24-21. Two weeks ago he tried...
Last week old Ben kicked a field goal and four extra points as the Chargers beat Oakland, 31-17, then flew off to Green Bay to moonlight as a doctor for Hornung's ailing toe...
...misses, we'll make him stick it in a snow bank." Laces Front, Head Down. Such newfangled notions do not impress an old pro like Cleveland's Lou ("The Toe) Groza, the dean of place kickers and top point scorer (with 1,404) in football history. At 40, Groza cuts a comical figure as he waddles onto the field -belly hanging over the waist of his practically padless pants. But the players don't snicker. A proud perfectionist who boots 30 or more field goals a day in practice, Groza hit on 15 out of 23 field...
...Motion Toe Late...