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...defense, four new linemen join Justin Whittington, while new linebacker Marc Mills has to fill the cleats of the departed Bob Woolway. Even the kicker, sophomore Jim Villaneuva, is new, and he will do the punting, too. Definitely...
...easily defeating third-place finisher Miami of Ohio, 25-7, Saturday to reach the finals, the Crimson was dominated by favored Berkeley during the first half of play. Shortly after the beginning of the game, the Bears notched three points on a penalty kick by Luckhurst, who was the kicker for the California football team and recently signed a contract with the Atlanta Falcons...
...assessing Miami of Ohio's kicking game, the team's adviser, Robert Graham, called their kicking game "consistent but not outstanding: our fullback never gets us into trouble but also does not boom the ball; and our kicker can hit very well from mid-range...
...Szaro became the team's place kicker for the next three years. He set two Harvard records for career points in place-kicking, led the team in scoring in 1969, and was selected All-Ivy his senior year...
Szaro's then-agent and now-business associate Jim deHart recalls one of the highlights of Szaro's pro football career: "Richie was a left-footed kicker, you know, and that season (1977) he'd hurt his left foot so badly he had to kick with his right one. He won a game for the Saints on Monday Night Football using his right foot. He's probably the only one who ever did that--the only one on Monday Night Football, anyway...