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Word: quinnipiac (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ever heard of Florindo ("Porky") Vieira? Not the basketball fans who only bother with big-time games and big-name colleges. But the students of Connecticut's Quinnipiac College (enrollment 800) insist that their chunky, 5-ft-6-in. sharpshooter is one of the best roundball players in captivity. Last week Porky boasted an average of 35 points per game, a healthy five points ahead of such highly touted major-college players as Kansas' Wilt Chamberlain and South Carolina's Grady Wallace. In the national standings, only West Virginia Tech's Kenny Hammond ranked higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Odd Assortment | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

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