Word: klosterman
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Only old American Football League types will understand this, but Express General Manager Don Klosterman and Coach John Hadl had more than $36 million with which to tempt the Brigham Young star. They told him about a time in pro football when camaraderie was not just a word. During the great war of the '60s, both men fought jubilantly on the side of the confederacy. Klosterman negotiated with players under goal posts and signed Heismart Trophy Winner Mike Garrett at halftime of the East-West game. Back then, when Kansas City signed a Garrett, the city of Buffalo cheered...
...that mood, Klosterman said, "I think we should move from the spring to the fall." But five relatively hale U.S.F.L. locales-Tampa Bay, Michigan, New Jersey, Denver and Philadelphia-are also N.F.L. territories. Three of the largest U.S.F.L. markets-Chicago, Washington and Los Angeles-have been flops. While a 62,300 house was counted the first week of this season in Birmingham, the Stallions might not wish to try Alabama and Auburn head on. Anyway, who would televise the games? Awaiting baseball and good weather, the U.S.F.L. has been achieving unspectacular rating shares, while ticket sales are down...
...towels and sweaty uniforms from the Colts' dressing room floor, was left only 6% of the Rams' stock in his father's will, but he also got the power to run the day-to-day operations of the club. Young Steve promptly demoted General Manager Don Klosterman, considered by many experts to be one of the league's shrewdest executives, and put himself in charge of player personnel, picking draft choices and making trades. Widow Georgia, however, inherited 70% of the stock, and, determined to use her clout, started attending Rams workouts. A onetime showgirl...
...With Klosterman restored as general manager, Mrs. Rosenbloom is busy overseeing the team's move next season from the Coliseum to Anaheim, 30 miles to the south. No one doubts she is in charge. Says she: "I don't give up; I'm very stubborn. I wish I could laugh at myself at times like this, but I can't. I am just so darned determined...