Word: woodley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then last week's game began, and in a few hours, give or take $25 million worth of TV commercials, the most irritating pro football season gave way to the most entertaining Super Bowl. The heroic and tragic figures, Washington Fullback John Riggins and Miami Quarterback David Woodley, were clear-cut and equally attractive in different ways, unlike management's Jack Donlan and labor's Ed Garvey. The Redskins won straightforwardly, 27-17, and the Dolphins lost that...
...Shula advised, "and look at things objectively." Besides being the year of the strike, this is the year that Don Reese, a former Dolphin defensive end, told his story of widespread cocaine use in the league and was thoroughly believed. No wonder Shula declined to see much tragedy in Woodley's day. "David's only problem," said the coach fondly, "is that he has played three years and everyone compares him to quarterbacks who have been around ten or 15." After completing no passes in the second half, Woodley, who was twelve when Redskins Quarterback Joe Theismann...