Four KU football honorees crowned at annual banquet
KU seniors Ken Coleman Pete Quatrochi Jay Roberts and junior Brian Schweda headlined the Kansas University Football Banquet attended by about 600 at the Kansas Union. Coleman won the Ormond Beach Memorial Trophy Quatrochi and Coleman were named honorary co captains Roberts earned the Art Weaver Scholarship Trophy and Schweda took the Mike Getto Lineman of the Year award.
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Murrell Leads Big Eight Scorers Amid Oklahoma Firepower
Willie Murrell of Kansas State tops the Big Eight scoring at 21.3 points per game. Oklahoma places four in the top 10 led by Farrell Johnson at 20.3 as OU averages 92.3. Harold Coburn of Nebraska has the best single-game 31 points against Wyoming.
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Induction Into Hall of Fame Is A Top Honor
The Football Hall of Fame will induct ten members, nine players and one coach, at a New York dinner by the National Football Foundation. Living honorees include Cliff Montgomery Alex Agase George Connor Edwin Hale Ken Kavanaugh and Edward Tryon. Deceased inductees include Thomas Burn McClung Charles Buck Wharton and George Woodruff with Woodruff later serving as Penn coach and U.S. official.
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Colgate
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Edward Tryon
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George Woodruff
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Texas Wins AP National Title In 1963 Poll
Unbeaten Texas tops final AP poll for 1963, earning national title and a Cotton Bowl bid to meet Navy. Navy finishes second, Illinois third, with Pittsburgh and other contenders rounding the top ten.
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Ramsey Censured For Mag Article
New York AP Frank Ramsey of the Boston Celtics was censured by the NBA for a Sports Illustrated piece titled Smart Moves by a Master of Deception detailing tactics to draw fouls. Commissioner Walter Kennedy noted the aim to curb such behavior and hinted at future power moves at the All-Star Game in Boston.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Cleveland
The 1964 national VFW convention is scheduled for August 20 to 28 in Cleveland. Delegates from across the country will attend the event marking the organization’s annual gathering.
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Run and Shoot Texas Tech Faces KU Five Here Tonight
Texas Tech after a 76 60 win at Lincoln moves into Allen Fieldhouse to face Dick Harp s Kansas Jayhawks at 7 35 p m Local standouts include Gene Hallam 22 points and Harold Denney with size on the boards Kansas counters with Harry Gibson and Walter Wesley in a fast paced set Harp plans to use Wes ly sparingly if at all after a sprained ankle Kansas seeks its third win of the season in a three game set with USC UCLA and Kansas State on tap this weekend
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Big Eight Cage Teams Boost Non-League Record to 15-10
Big Eight basketball teams went 3-1 against non-conference foes with Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma each winning while Nebraska fell. Kansas State beat Cincinnati 93-84 at Bloomington, Oklahoma State defeated Arkansas 74-65, and Oklahoma edged Illinois 105-104 as the league improved to 15-10 overall against outside opponents.
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Dempsey Drugged at 1926 Tunney Fight Revealed
Birmingham column cites an exclusive New York interview in which Jack Dempsey says he was drugged before the 1926 title loss to Gene Tunney. Benny Marshall notes a Mickey Finn in breakfast coffee and recounts Dempsey’s crippling nausea and weakness before the first Tunney bout.
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