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After Nobis, the deluge. Illinois Fullback Jim Grabowski, the No. 1 choice of the A.F.L.'s newborn Miami Dolphins, signed (for $250,000) with the N.F.L.'s Green Bay Packers-not even bothering to entertain a bid from New York Jets Owner David ("Sonny") Werblin, who persuaded the Dolphins to deed him the rights to Grabowski at the last minute. Then the A.F.L.'s San Diego Chargers lost their No. 1 draftee, mammoth (6 ft. 5 in., 255 Ibs.) Los Angeles State Tackle Don Davis, to the N.F.L.'s New York Giants. The Western Champion Chargers...
...taxi-squad fullback (from the Ivy League, no less). All Weeb needed to make his embarrassment complete was an independently wealthy lineman, and last week he got one when Jets Owner Sonny Werblin signed Michigan's 230-lb. Tackle Bill
...first shots were fired last week as representatives of both leagues conducted their annual draft. Three University of Illinois players walked into A.F.L. draft headquarters in Manhattan and asked to look around-casually announcing that their passage to New York had been paid by the N.F.L. David ("Sonny") Werblin, president of the A.F.L.'s New York Jets, complained that he was unable to contact players his club wanted to sign-presumably because the N.F.L. had them tucked under lock and key. Amid all the sound and fury, scouts from 22 teams voted for the 22 players that they felt...
Some people collect rare stamps or coins. Ian Fleming's Goldfinger preferred bullion bars at $14,000 per. But nobody tops Sonny Werblin, president of the American Football League's New York Jets. Werblin collects quarterbacks. He had three last season, and they cost him $48,000. Now he has six. He picked up Virginia Tech's Bob Schweickert for a song, but he had to shell out $200,000 for Notre Dame's Heisman Trophy winner, John Huarte. And to land Alabama's Joe Namath, he went...
...Exclusive of benefits, of course. Like the retirement plan that guarantees Namath $5,000 a year for life after his playing career ends-if it ever begins. Namath has a bad knee; he reinjured it practicing for the Orange Bowl, and it will take an operation to correct it. Werblin is springing for that too. And just to make sure Joe can transport all that money to the bank, Sonny threw in a Lincoln Continental. Reporters naturally inquired about the color. "Pink?" they asked. Uh, uh. "Jet green," said Namath smartly, and went charging on down to Mobile...