Salute to Vince Lombardi Highlight of Green Bay Day
Green Bay prepares a high profile Salute to Vince Lombardi with an invitation Mass at Resurrection Church and an evening program featuring bands choir and baton twirlers. Lombardi Avenue dedication and Navy missile displays accompany free Packer highlight films and musical performances by Travis Williams and former Packers stars.
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Fox River
Army
Air Force
Packer
Variety
Travis Williams
Paul
Iing
Max McGee
Fred “Pugzy
Thurston
Lambeau Field
Collegiate Ranks Grid Streaks Through The Ages
A compiled view by Bob Hoobing for the Associated Press questions whether the era of long undefeated college football streaks remains viable. Dartmouth coach Bob Blackman notes balanced competition and rising parity as major programs produce fewer extended win runs, with Oklahoma's 47-game record highlighted as a historical peak.
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Associated Press
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Bob Blackman
Blackman
Alabama
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Missouri
Colorado
Kansas
Sooner
Texas
Notre Dame
Arkansas
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Pitt
Michigan
Yost
Minnesota
Wolverines
Jacksonville State to Start Football Practice August 26
Jacksonville State University opens 1968 football practice on August 26 to accommodate early registrations. Coach Jim Blevins expects over 100 players, including 22 lettermen from 1967, as the team schedules 20 practices before facing Samford in Birmingham.
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Jacksonille State University
Jim Blevins
Gamecocks
Jaxmen
Samford University
Birmingham
Samford
Troy State
Jax State
Jax
Tailek Bubba Long
Don Austin
Michigan State ties 1952 champions past to present
East Lansing Michigan AP reports MSU memories tie current staff to the 1952 national champions as assistants Henry Bullough Gordon Serr and Dick Tamburo and ASU head coach Frank Rush all played on the Spartans line.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State
Henry Bullough
Gordon Serr
Iowa
Dick Tamburo
Arizona State
Frank Rush
MSU
Denver Restaurateur Tom Wil Scam Played Colorado Guard
Denver businessman Tom Wil scam, leader of three Denver restaurants, formerly played football for Colorado in 1959 or 1960, according to AP reporting.
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Denver
Tom Wilscam
Colorado
Alabama Clinic Begins Monday
Alabama’s annual University of Alabama coaching clinic starts Monday and runs through Thursday. Host Paul Bear Bryant oversees sessions with C. M. Newton directing the basketball clinic. Guest speakers include John McKay Paul Dietzel and Leon Akins among others.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Ohn McKay
Paul Dietzel
John Bridgers
Cliff Hagan
University of Alabama
Paul “Bear
Bryant
Alabama
C. M. Newton
Southern Cal
McKay
South Carolina
Dietzel
Baylor
Bridgers
J. P. Cain
Hartselle
Leon Akins
Elba
Hagan
Kentucky
Newton
Cap Day At Atlanta Braves Stadium Brings Free Caps For 8500 Children
Cap Day at Atlanta Stadium offers free caps to the first 8500 children entering the park for a 1:05 p.m. game against Cincinnati. The piece notes potential lineup shifts for Hank Aaron, possible move to first base to extend his career, and mentions upcoming Father Son Game with St. Louis. The All-Star events in nearby arenas are mapped, with Alabama high school games scheduled Thursday in Tuscaloosa and Milwaukee ticket lines described.
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Atlanta
Hank
Aaron
Joe Torre
Phil Niekro
New York
Mickey Mantle
Atlanta Stadium
Cincinnati
Decatur
St. Louis
Tuscaloosa
Foster Auditorium
Denny Stadium
New Memorial Coliseum
Foster
Alabama High School Athletic Association
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J. ED. Collins
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J. D. Collins
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Tony Ingram
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Johnny Newman
Hart Selle
Allen Rhinehart
Ce Idartown
Bill Stone
Tommy Hudson
Gadsden
Lynn Swinford
Munford
Ray Emanuel
Trenton, Ga
Jimmy Rhodes
Montgom
Stone
Emanuel
Swinford
John Niblett
Tarrant
Don Cassidy
Rhinehart
Newston
Ilinic
Paul Ward
New Brockton
Jimmy Hayes
B. B. Comer
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Jerry Dugan
Lee
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Creigh Purnell
Kinton
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Joe Sewell
Ralph Genito
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