Early NFL payout to Bears in 1940s versus modern Super Bowl pay
Salaries in pro sports have surged from 210 dollars per Bears player in 1940 to 8,500 dollars for each Cowboys player and 5,500 for each 49ers player in the current era. The Super Bowl winner will net 15,000 per player with 7,500 for the loser, plus additional team revenue. Also notes players like Joe Kapp Len Dawson and Johnny Bench amassing income from endorsements and shave blade talk.
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Cigars, TV ads, and sports folklore mix in satire
The column notes CBS charging 200000 for a one minute Super Bowl spot and jokes about cigar ads after cigarette bans. It recalls a Laugh In skit with Wilt Chamberlain and Sammy Davis Jr and muses on boxing and Cassius Clay as a receiver. It ends by contrasting soaring professional salaries with fan interest and a bygone $210 per man figure.
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Wilt Chamberlain
Sammy Davis, Jr
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Brown Named NFL Coach of the Year in 1970
New York AP reports Cincinnati Bengals coach Paul Brown was named the NFL Coach of the Year for 1970. He captured 79 votes from a panel of sportswriters, beating runner-up Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins by 20 votes. The 62-year-old mentor added another honor to a long list of achievements as Cincinnati earned a playoff berth.
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Miami Dolphins
Stars Carded Baseball Fete Set for Jan. 29 in Houston
The Houston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America hosts a Jan. 29 dinner at the Astro World Grand Ballroom with chapter chairman Joe Heiling as host. Honorees include Boog Powell Brooks Robinson Roberto Clemente Gary Nolan Lefty Gomez Joe Morgan and Ken Burkhart. Tickets cost 12.50 with a pre-dinner reception. Over 1,000 guests expected. Morris Frank of the Houston Chronicle to be master of ceremonies.
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Astroworld Grand Ballroom
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Houston Post
Boog Powell
Brooks Robinson
Roberto Clemente
Gary Nolan
Lefty Gomez
Joe Morgan
Clarence Gaston
Gomez
Baytown Sun
Morris Frank
Houston Chronicle
Texas City Sting Start Mix For Friday Opener
Texas City's Stings face an uncertain starting lineup for Friday's 244A opener against Ranger. Coach David Burns reports four players sent for doctor visits Wednesday after a flu bug and some injuries. eight or nine players could start. Sterling visits Ball, Clear Creek at Angleton, Alvin at La Marque, as Sterling carries a 14 6 record.
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Lifting Meet Set For Baytown Novice Invitational
The second annual Baytown Novice invitational weightlifting meet will be at the YMCA on Saturday. Lifts for 85 to 132 pound class start at 10 a.m. and 148 pounds to heavyweight begin at 2 p.m. A team trophy and best lifter award will be presented.
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YMCA
Walton Strickland
Ty Stark
Sun Scoreboard College Basketball AP Results
The East Penn 81 Harvard 42 and Princeton 78 Dartmouth 56 scores headline a busy AP roundup. Other results include Connecticut 82 New Hampshire 79 Hawaii 92 Rhode Island 62 Holy Cross 7 Colgate 44, and various regional games with multiple upsets and overtime totals. Harness jockey Herve Filion, 30, set a Canadian October win record with 83 harness victories.
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Graduation to make Texas ordinary folks next season
Texas coach Darrell Royal says the Longhorns will be “ordinary folks” after losing 13 starters to graduation following a 30 straight win run and a 24-11 Cotton Bowl defeat by Notre Dame. Stars Worster Atessis Wuensch, Speyrer and Henderson exit, leaving Bertelsen and Bertelsen’s successor as the likely leaders.
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Bill Atessis
Bobby Wuensch
Charles
Cotton” Speyrer
Junior Cage Games Cancelled By Weather
All four Baytown junior schools cancelled cage action Thursday due to inclement weather and hazardous road conditions. Games will be made up at a future date with Horace Mann hosting Seabrook Highlands at Baytown Cedar Bayou at Webster. A games start 6 p.m. B games at 5 p.m.
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