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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Guard: Mike McGee, 21, Duke; 6 ft. 1 in., 220 lbs. Major: education. "Can outrun any back on the team, and could make All-America at fullback or halfback. May be the best lineman in the South. Might make a linebacker...
Guard: Roger Davis, 21, Syracuse; 6 ft. 3 in., 228 lbs. Major: physical education. "No. 1 prospect on the No. 1 team, tremendous offensive blocker with enough speed to make tackles all over the field. Could go as linebacker or defensive...
...Southern California's big men insulated their feet against the 28° temperature of South Bend with layers of sweat socks and cellophane, but nothing helped against a Notre Dame team that has abruptly become a major power since Quarterback George Izo returned to full health. Capping its 20-19 defeat of Iowa the week before, Notre Dame disposed of nationally ranked U.S.C. 16-6 to end a dismal season (5-5) with a flourish...
...Headed by a lead-footed woodchopper named Yan Kruminsh, who towers like a sequoia (7 ft. 3 in., 320 lbs.), the first Russian basketball team to visit the U.S. opened a six-game tour in Madison Square Garden, lost to the postgraduate amateurs of the Phillips Oilers...
...VERY BRUNDAGE of Chicago made his millions in the building business and his fame in sports as perennial president of the U.S. and later International Olympics. Even before 1936 (when he fired Eleanor Holm from the Olympic swimming team for sipping champagne) and until last week (when he insisted that the East and West Germans field an Olympic team under one flag), Brundage has been a highhanded, battle-scarred figure. But he has a softer side, demonstrated by his consuming interest in contemplative Oriental art. Over the years Brundage has amassed a collection of sculptures, paintings and artifacts from Iran...