Word: manton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...over four years, a lot of money in 1965, Namath was the star who brought the old American Football League to Broadway. In 1979, O.J. Simpson drew $806,668 from the San Francisco 49ers, the richest annual salary in the sport until last week. According to Manton, Walker's deal is guaranteed by Generals Owner J. Walter Duncan "regardless of skill, injury or death" and consists of cash entirely. No more will Walker be gambling millions on hamstrings and knees. However, come the Olympic trials next year, when the sprinters are taking their marks, wherever Walker...
Soon after telling the world at the Heisman dinner in New York he would finish his career at Georgia. Walker commissioned an agent, Jack Manton, to approach the New Jersey Generals of the USFL...
...doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to figure out what Manton and Walker were after. They wanted money-lots of it-and they got it. Walker is now the highest paid football player in the world. The reports have varied, but the most reliable figures indicate that Walker signed a three-year contract for either $3.9 or $5 million...