Pro football star Jim Brown sets rushing records in 1963 season
National PHILA FB notes Jeff at Day Central Gazette ads. Jim Brown rushed 1 863 yards in 1963 season and had a 237 yard single game milestone twice in his NFL career.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1978
Page
20
National PHILA FB notes Jeff at Day Central Gazette ads. Jim Brown rushed 1 863 yards in 1963 season and had a 237 yard single game milestone twice in his NFL career.
Tom Wilson leads East Central Football with ten lettermen returning from a 1 8 season in the Mid East Iowa Conference. The veteran cast aims to lift the squad in the upcoming campaign.
American League leaders include Rice of Boston with 186 hits and 38 home runs Rice also leads in runs batted in with 121 LeFlore of Detroit tops runs with 112 and steals with 62 Pitcher Guidry of New York leads with 20 wins and 2 909 ERA while Bonham of Cincinnati has 10 wins in the National League Foster of Cincinnati hits 31 homers to pace NL.
Pro football schedule lists all games by time in EDT. Key matchups include Detroit at Tampa Bay Saturday night and New Orleans at Green Bay in Milwaukee Sunday noon, plus many 1 pm games across the league and prime-time contests in the evening. Monday wraps with Denver at Minnesota at 8 pm.
Toledo tops Pawtucket 5 3 to even the Southern League series at 1 1 Savannah edges Orlando 4 3 in 10 innings to take the series 2 1 and Knoxville sweep Savannah and Tacoma edges Portland in a Pacific Coast League Division Series with Tacoma 3 Portland 2 on Thursday and tied at 2 2 entering Game 5.
League moves include Lee May signing with the Orioles to a two year deal through 1980 and Arturo DeFreites called up by the Reds. NBA updates note Scotty Robertson named assistant coach for the Bulls and Melvin Davis traded to Milwaukee with a future draft pick. Seattle signs Dick Snyder and Cavaliers receive two future third round selections. NFL notes cover Falcons injury list and roster moves across teams. Packers add Bobby Douglass and Saints promote Rusty Rebone. NHL items report Malcolm Ashford released, Mike Smith named Colorado assistant coach, Pollock resigns at Montreal, and a three way Penguins trade bringing Gregg Sheppard to Pittsburgh.
The U S Open outlines Thursday play with day session starts at 11 a m and night session at 7 30 p m Local matches feature Anthony and Stolle against Smith Ston Smith Shriver versus Hunt Borg versus Ramirez and Gottfried Connors in nightries plus Riessen Van Lingen May Turnbull Stewart Edmondson Marks and more plus Teeguorden Leonard Shriver and Crealy in the later lineup
Six NFL clubs show interest in Jim Plunkett after the 49ers waived him last week. Plunkett’s attorney will not reveal which teams, hoping to sign with one by Tuesday. Also noted, Fred McNair discharged from North Shore University after chest pains at the U S Open. An arbitrator orders the Detroit Lions to pay Mitch Hoopes the full last year’s salary after an improper release. NBA announces 902 game regular season, starts Oct 13. Defensive lineman Mike McCoy back with the Raiders after a waiver, Errol Mann also returns. Bum Phillips puzzled as Dan Pastorini injures ribs. Pastorini listed doubtful for Sunday at Kansas City.
Star winger Jean Pronovost leaves the Pittsburgh Penguins in a three team NHL swap. The Atlanta Flames receive Pronovost, Boston Bruins send Gregg Sheppard to Pittsburgh, and Dick Redmond moves to Boston while Sheppard heads to the Penguins.
Wilton High School enters the season with 19 lettermen under coach Don Trost after a winless prior year. Nine are juniors, and one letterman previously played as a freshman last fall.
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