Word: yds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From the patio of the pale stucco house, a Panamanian gunboat can be seen cruising the richly blue-green waters. Guards armed with pistols and submachine guns patrol the driveway, and a German shepherd attack dog trots around the unfenced grounds. Perched on a cliff 50 yds. from the bay, the house itself is a modest dwelling, consisting of only six rooms. But for the latest occupant of the building, owned by former Panamanian Ambassador to the U.S. Gabriel Lewis Galindo, it is a much needed haven. "Such surroundings, such hospitality, are not going to be easy to match," said...
...stood at a Hertz counter in Eugene, Ore., waiting to rent a car. The man who broke Norm Van Brocklin's records at the University of Oregon, who only two days earlier had set a National Football League record by passing for 300-plus yds. in four consecutive games, had to cool his heels while a clerk called the San Diego Chargers to determine if Daniel Francis Fouts was indeed one of their employees...
...rental counter as OJ. Simpson, on the football field, bird-legged, black-bearded Dan Fouts (as in shouts) has become as potent an offensive weapon as the airport baggage hurdler was in his prime. In just 10 games, Fouts has passed for a league-leading 2,479 yds., and his 63.2% completion percentage puts him first among the N.F.L.'s 28 starting quarterbacks. On his strong arm, the Chargers climbed to a tie with Denver in the American Football Conference's Western Division, with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, and have a good chance...
...business. During his senior year, Fouts was recruited by just one Pacific Eight (now Pacific Ten) team, the University of Oregon. The rest of the conference lived to regret its lack of ardor: Fouts set 19 school offensive records while passing for a three-year total of 5,995 yds. and 37 touchdowns. Picked on the third round by San Diego, he settled in at the feet of Johnny Unitas, then 40, who was finishing his football career. "I went to him for advice and for a shoulder to cry on," Fouts says of Unitas. "I tried to emulate...
...Running Backs Lydell Mitchell and Clarence Williams, he lofts a soft pass over the fingertips of onrushing linemen. He can drill the ball to Tight End Bob Klein through a microscropic seam in the secondary. Wide Receivers John Jefferson, who sat a rookie record last season with 1,001 yds. gained on 56 receptions, and Charlie Joiner benefit from Fouts' good timing and light touch to catch enough passes to rank among the top five receivers in the A.F.C. this year. "He throws a ball that's easy to catch," says Jefferson, giving him the ultimate receiver...