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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1965
Page
10
Jimmy Brown, the Browns fullback, powered Cleveland with 128 rushing yards in the second half and four touchdowns after a sluggish start. Cleveland defeated the Steelers 42 21 to secure the Eastern Conference crown for the second straight year.
Sunday results shaped the NFL standings with Chicago beating New York 35-14 and Philadelphia edging St. Louis 28-24. Los Angeles upset Green Bay 21-10 boosting Baltimore while Washington Dallas and San Francisco posted wins. Gale Sayers set a rookie record with his 14th and 15th touchdowns.
Cedar Rapids Marion area prep basketball notes: only one home game listed Jefferson versus Rock Island Friday night in the Mississippi Valley Conference. R. Wash opens Valley play at Davenport West. Marion meets its first Warhawk conference test.
Iowa stars and other Hawkeyes were drafted across NFL and AFL rounds as teams signed players from the state. Dave Long and Gary Snook joined AFL and NFL rosters while John Niland and Bill Briggs secured moves to Dallas and New York respectively amid a crowded signing period. The race centers on Nobis and Grabowski as top unsigned first-round choices.
Wash-Jeff wrestling clash looms after a 28-14 loss to West Waterloo. Coach Rosenburg plans lineup changes with Fly out and Rich Netolicky as a possible starter. Top weights pose the main challenge as both teams seek balance and improved conditioning ahead of the 6 p.m. reserve and 7:30 p.m. varsity meets.
A reader urges Iowa football to field quarterbacks who can run as well as pass and start spring practice with run and pass drills. The piece cites past quarterbacks, mentions interceptions, and requests improved options for 1966. Also notes social items about Mrs. Ken Bunte and a wedding, plus jersey issues at the Iowa Collegiate All Star Senior Bowl and a fatal auto accident near La Porte City.
Fort Lauderdale reports Alvin Dark was named the Kansas City A's sixth manager in as many years amid a sequence of front office moves at the winter meetings. Haywood Sullivan became Red Sox vice president and Peters resigned to join Cleveland. Dark pledged aggressive baserunning and speed to lift the club from the AL cellar.
MEXICO Mo Cadet Terry Norton son of Charles T Norton 2354 Brookland drive NE Cedar Rapids received a varsity football letter at Missouri Military Academy.
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