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...they will always be mighty proud that you came this way, and so am I." For several U.S. soldiers, his words were soon to prove tragically prophetic. That night, while Johnson slept at the Walker Hill recreation center overlooking Seoul, North Korean infiltrators ambushed a U.S. Army patrol 800 yds. south...
...pass receivers, and they have only one among the top ten rushers: $300,000 Bonus Rookie Johnny Roland, who is No. 9. Their quarterback, Charley Johnson, stands No. 7 among N.F.L. passers, and, against the Chicago Bears last week, he completed four out of 16 tosses for 47 yds. The only thing in which the St. Louis team leads the league is, well, leading the league. Despite Johnson's four for 16, they beat the Bears 24-17 - running their record to six victories, one loss and a tie, taking over possession of first place in the N.F.L...
...Cards' statistics are so bearish, of course. Halfback Roland, 23, is the N.F.L.'s No. 1 punt returner at 14.2 yds. per runback. He is a talented passer as well as rusher; against the New York Giants last month he hit Flanker Bobby Joe Conrad with a perfect 40-yarder for a TD. Over the season, Quarterback Johnson, 27, has connected on a respectable 53% of his passes; a cool, methodical signal caller, he invests his spare time at Washington University writing a dissertation on plastics for a Ph.D. in chemical engineering...
...Louis has allowed only six TD passes all season, while intercepting 15 enemy aerials. Wilson has made eight of those interceptions, including three last week against the Bears. The first set up a St. Louis touchdown; the second he ran back 29 yds. for another TD; the third stopped a last-ditch Chicago drive. Wilson also got knocked dizzy in the third quarter, wound up the game with a gashed and bruised right hand. "Mike Ditka [6 ft. 3 in., 230 Ibs.] stepped on it," shrugged Wilson, who regards injuries as badges of honor. "If a man comes...
...chances are good that there is another Y. A. Tittle or Bart Starr somewhere down South this year. The pros already think they have spotted one: Florida's Steve Spurrier, one of the sharpest college passers in the U.S.-with 133 completions in 206 attempts for 1,530 yds. as of last week, although his Gators lost to Georgia 27-10. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Spurrier, a C student, is apparently ticketed to the National Football League's New York Giants, provided that they are willing to pay his price: a reported $500,000. Other...