Training Camps Open for 1962 NFL Season
NFL teams begin 1962 preparations led by Green Bay with camps opening across the league. Cowboys start in Marquette. Packers at St Norbert. Giants at Fairfield. Vikings at Bemidji. Bears at Rensselaer. 49ers at St Marys. other clubs follow later in July with Lombardi starting all clubs together to avoid midseason slumps. Key rosters include Hornung Dowler Nitschke and Gifford back in gear. QBs debated for several teams as rookies arrive later.
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Jack Clary
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
National Football League
Green Bay
Dallas
Cowboys
Northern Michigan College
Marquette
Mich
Packers
St. Norbert, College
West de Pere
Wis
New York Giants
Fairfield University
Fairfield
Conn
Lombardi
Army
Paul Hornung
Boyd Dowler
Ray Nitschke
Nitschke
Dowler
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Hornung
NFL
Ernie Davis
Syracuse
Cleveland
Bob Ferguson
Ohio State
Pittsburgh
Aronimink Gains Honest Reputation Ahead of PGA Championship
Aronimink Golf Course in Newtown Square plans for the 44th PGA Championship July 19–22. Host pro Joe Capello notes long approach putts and driving accuracy key on the 7,045 yard par 70. Pro players praise the layout but expect tough holes like the 4th 10th 12th and 15th with a demanding 9th par-5 and a challenging 16th par-5. About 10,000 bleacher seats will be installed with 9 miles of rope to guide spectators.
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Newtown Square
Aronimink
Philadelphia
Oakmont
Nichols
PGA
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Belmont Golf Association
Donald Ross
Joe Capello
Capello
Jerry Barber
Gene Littler
Aronomink
Torch to war to Tokyo 1964 Olympic flame air relay plan
The Olympic torch relay for Tokyo 1964 shifts from land to air with two jetliners to carry the flame from Greece to Japan. Tentative routes include overnight stops from Istanbul to Taipei, then Okinawa to Tokyo, with ceremonies across 46 prefectures.
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Tokyo
Japan
Air Self-Defense Force
Greece
Jakarta
Mt. Olympus
Istanbul
Ankara
Tehran
Kabul
Karachi
New Delhi
Rangoon
Bangkok
Kuala
Lumpur
Singapore
Manila
Hong Kong
Taipie
Naha
Okinawa
Asia
Dawn Fraser Eyes Tokyo Olympic bid in 1964
Dawn Fraser the sprint swimming star hopes to compete for Australia in Tokyo in 1964 after winning the 100 meter freestyle in Melbourne and Rome. At 27 on Sept 4, 1964, she trains in Melbourne while anticipating selection and weighing events for the Games.
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Melbourne
Dawn Fraser
Tokyo
Australia
Dawn
Rome
Perth
Harry Gallagher
United States
Adele Price
Brian Johnston
Sydney
Adelaide
Gallagher
Majors Should Aid Colleges in Player Development
Pee Wee Reese urged Major League Baseball to subsidize college baseball to offset minor league decline. He argued colleges now produce more quality players and that veterans should coach at colleges like Florida State to improve instruction and prepare players for pro careers.
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New York
Pee Wee Reese
Brooklyn Dodgers
Reese
CBS
Dodgers
Danny Litwhiler
Florida State
Brooklyn
Iron Man seeks Colts tryout fund to cover camp costs
Severn Hayes known as Iron Man Hayes appeals to Baltimore fans for donations to fund his travel to Westminster Maryland for a Baltimore Colts training camp tryout. Colts scout Keith Molesworth confirms Hayes has a welcome spot and a thick file on his self described 205 pound, 9.7 second 100 yard speed profile.
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Baltimore
Severn Hayes
Oakland
Calif
Baltimore Colts
Iron Man
Colts
Westminster
Baltimore Sun
Iron Man Hayes
University of Montana
Iron May Hayes
Baltimore Pro Football Club
Keith Molesworth
Hayes
Molesworth
Bobby Burns Defends Carolinas Open Tennis Title
Bobby Burns of Columbia will defend his men's singles crown at the ninth Carolinas Open in Charlotte. Preliminary rounds run at Freedom Park with knockout rounds at Charlotte Country Club. Other entrants include 15 year old Jean Evans Allen Morris Charlie Shaffer and Herb Browne. Cliff Turner of the Charlotte Tennis Association expects top players from the South.
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Charlotte
Bobby Burns
Columbia
S.C
Freedom Park
Charlotte Country Club
Jean Evans
Belton
Allen Morris
Charlie Shaffer
Chapel Hill
Herb Browne
Cliff Turner
Charlotte Tennis Association
South
U S Should Defeat Reds 127 109 In Track Meet
The United States is favored to beat the Soviet Union 127 to 109 with 14 first places to 8 in the Olympic style track meet at Stanford. The meet features two athletes per event and relay scoring, amid strong Russian contenders in hammer, broad jump, and distance events. The card lists event-by-event forecasts and key performers from both nations.
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New York
United States
Soviet Union
Stanford University
Moscow
Philadelphia
Hal Connolly
Poland
Yuri Bakarinov
Alexei Baltovsky
Gabriel Korobkov
Baltovsky
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Ralph Boston
Boston
Tennessee State
Bob Hayes
Roger Sayers
Slava Prokhorovski
Nikolai Politiko
U.S
Russia
Paul Drayton
Homer Jones
Sayers
Hayes Jones
Hayes
Drayton
Alis Williams
Arizona State
Americans win three events at British AAU track meet
Americans capture three titles in London at the British Amateur Athletic Association meet. Jay Sylvester of Tremonton Utah won the shot put after his discus victory the prior night with 59 ft 7 1 2 in. Russell Rogers of New York City won the 440 yard dash in a meet record 51.0 seconds and Blaine Lindgren of Salt Lake City took the 120 yard hurdles in 14.20.
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London
British Amateur Athletic Association
Jay Sylvester
Tremonton
Utah
Russell Rogers
New York City
Blaine Lindgren
Salt Lake City
Rogers
Lindgren
White City
Finland
Pentti Nikula
Dave Tork
Pendleton
Calif
Nikula
Tork
Ronnie Brightwell
Britain
Adrian Metcalfe
Kenya
Serafino Antao
Japan
Kuniyoshi Sugioka
Tomio Ohta
Bruce Tulloch
Canada
Bruce Kidd
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Jim Taylor
Tom Moore
Earl Gros
Louisiana State
Giants
Frank Gifford
al Sherman
Charley Conerly
Kyle Rote
Pat Summersall
Y. A. Tittle
Ralph Guglielmi
Lee Grosscup
Don Chandler
Summerall
Detroit
Milt Plum
Tom Watkins
Dave Lloyd
Bob Scholz
Bill Glass
Jim Ninowski
Howard Cassidy
Jim Mutscheller
Jim Orr
R. C. Owens
Chicago
George Halas
Ron Bull
Bill Wade
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Roman Gabriel
North Carolina State
Minnesota
Frank Tarkenton
Sonny Jurgensen
Ninowski
Davis
Jim Brown
St. Louis
Cardinals
Sam Etcheverry
Bobby Layne
Ed Brown
Ferguson
John Henry Johnson
Ed Nutting
Don Perkins
Amos Marsh
J. W. Lockett
Don Meredith
Washington
Norm Snead
Johnny Unitas
Jimmy Brown
Ralph Bernstein
Toyko
Algo Exterminating Co
Thomasville
Underwood
West Green
Sherman Road
Phillips Fescue
Sherman RD
Reds
ED Corrigan
Roy Sadler
Texas Southern
Sadler
Rex Cawley
Dave Archibald
Williams
Jerry Siebert
Jim Dupree
Valery Bulyshov
Jim Beatty
Jim Grelle
Korobkov
Ivan Belitsky
Pyotr Bolotnikov
America
Max Truex
Alex Artynyuk
Leonid Ivanov
Peter McArdle
John Guthecht
McArdle
Jerry Tarr
Nikolai Sokolov
George Young
Keith Forman
Dallas Long
Gary Gubner
Viktor Lipsnis
al Oerter
Vladimir Trusenev
Rink Babka
Viktor Tsybulenko
Janis Lusis
Nick Kavalakides
Dan Studney
Connolly
Baarinov
al Hall
Valery Brumel
Viktor Bolshov
John Thomas
Johnson
Pegram
Burton
Motorola
Geslers
Rose
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