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Twisting, churning and pounding through Iowa State's line and around the ends, big (6 ft., 200 Ibs.) Halfback Bright ran for four touchdowns, one of them a 71-yard sprint, passed to End Tom Bienemann for a fifth. Final score: Drake...
Because he plays in one of college football's minor leagues, Halfback Bright may be passed over by the All-America selectors, but the pros have not overlooked him. The professionals cannot make direct offers without violating the rule book, but they can send him questionnaires. So far, Bright has received questionnaires from the New York Giants, the Los Angeles Rams, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cleveland Browns and the Green Bay Packers. With his senior year still ahead of him, Johnny Bright is in no hurry, but he does hope to play the pro game for a while...
Iowa's Drake University football team (six wins, two losses, one tie this year) seldom makes headlines outside its own Missouri Valley Conference. But last year, in Sophomore Halfback Johnny Bright, Drake had the leading ground-gainer in U.S. football: 1,950 yards in rushes and completed passes. Last week Drake fans by the hundreds drove up to Ames to see what broad-hipped Johnny Bright would do against Iowa State and saw one of the great individual performances of the year...
Yardling coach Henry Lamar will throw a slightly altered defense against this melange. The line will stay the same, but Bob Gremp will spell John Tulenko at halfback, and Tex Hooten will share the safety duties with Captain Dick Clasby...
...Tsavaris led the Crimson attack from his halfback spot. Much improved over his early season performances, Tsavaris was at his best yesterday. His frequent dashes around end and off the tackles were the only bright spots in the Crimson offense...