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...hero is a poor Mexican-American kid. He delivers newspapers to help support his parents, both of whom are blind. At age 14, he enters a schoolboy contest, and, while officials look on in disbelief, he flips a football 63 yds. He soon becomes a star high school quarterback, rushing from practice each day to work long hours as a gas-station attendant and grocery-store clerk. A scout from a big college watches the hero passing and shouts: "Lookit the ball! Lookit where the ball is! Right on the chest every time!" The hero wins a scholarship...
...anyone is capable of providing a Hollywood finish to this year's Rose Bowl, it is Plunkett. In three seasons. he has completed a remarkable 55% of his passes (530 out of 962 attempts) for 7,544 yds. and 52 touchdowns. His career mark of 7,887 yds. in total offense eclipsed by an astounding 1,319 yds. the N.C.A.A. record set last year by North Texas State's Steve Ramsey. A shrewd field general, Plunkett has a sharp eye for reading defenses, and his strapping size (6 ft. 3 in., 210 Ibs.) allows him to shake...
...game 20-20 with 1 min. 34 sec. remaining. Then after the Raiders regained the ball on an interception, George completed his seventh pass of the afternoon to set up another last-ditch field-goal attempt with just three seconds left. This time, though, the goal post was 52 yds. away, a distance that Blanda had equaled or surpassed only three times in his 21-year pro career.* Undaunted, he got all of his 218 Ibs. into the kick and boomed a high end-over-ender that won the game 23-20. Said George: "I put a little more rear...
...That same afternoon, the New Orleans Saints' Tom Dempsey, who was born without a right hand and only half a right foot, upset the Detroit Lions 19-17 in the final two seconds with a field goal that traveled 63 yds., seven yards farther than the old record of 56 yds...
...every quarterbacking record in the Pacific Eight Conference. His performance in the second quarter of this year's Washington State game is more or less typical. Spotting a hole in the Washington State defense, Plunkett changed plays at the line of scrimmage, faked a pitchout and raced 39 yds. for a touchdown. A short while later, he drilled a short pass to his fullback for another score. Soon after that, he coolly dropped back into his own end zone, then rifled the ball half the length of the field for another score on a play that covered 96 yds...