Chiefs Pose As Best Pro Football Team Yet
Kansas City coach Hank Stram says the Chiefs could have their best team this season due to more experience across positions. He aims to reclaim the world championship in 1972, with strong veterans like Len Dawson Otis Taylor and a revamped depth chart featuring Jeff Kinney and Larry Marshall boosting the return game and running attack.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Chiefs
Hank Stram
Chiefs
Stram
Ed Podolak
Wendell Hayes
Jeff Kinney
Larry Marshall
Kinney
Nebraska
Marshall
Maryland
St. Louis
Len Dawson
Dawson
Otis Taylor
Taylor
Podolak
Elmo Wright
Morris Stroud
Hayes
Bruce Jankowski
Dennis Homan
Jerrel Wilson
Jan Stenerud
Willie Lanier
Bobby Bell
Jim Lynch
Gallo
Lynch
Lanier
Marvin Upshaw
Aaron Brown
Curley Culp
Buck Buchanan
Jim Maleate
Emmitt Thoman
Johnny Robinson
Robinson
Mike Sensibaugh
Ohio State
Jim Kearney
Sid Smith
Willie Frazier
Mike Livingston
Jim Otis
Warren McVea
Mike Adamle
Ed Lothamer
Kerry Reardon
Bob Stein
Ceaser Belser
Colorado Buffs Eye Top National Run In 1972
Eddie Crowder guides CU into the 1972 season with 13 returning starters from a 10-2 year. Tackle Bud Magrum shifts to linebacker boosting defense, Ken Johnson leads a simplified offense, and tailback Charlie Davis aims for another 1,300+ yard season as Colorado faces Nebraska and Oklahoma at home.
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Boulder
Colo
Eddie Crowder
University of Colorado
Football Writers Association of America
Buffalos
Crowder
Buffs
Bubba Bridges
J. W. Cain
Willie Nichols
Cliff Branch
Larry Brunson
Marv Whitaker
Steve Hagerty
Rick Ellwood
Donn Wallace
Cullen Bryant
John Stearns
Lorne Richardson
Bud Magrum
Herb Orvis
Rick Kay
Bill Kralicek
Soph
Greg Horton
Ken Johnson
Johnson
Charlie Davis
Oklahoma State
Bo Matthews
John Tarver
Swift
Ozell Collier
Jon Keyworth
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Folsom Field
Cardinals Take Initial Flight Inside Dome
The Cardinals open the second half of their pre season with a 7:45 p.m. road game at the Astrodome against the Houston Oilers to benefit the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Key players sidelined include injuries to Farr Willingham and Hackbart remain, but Hoey Wilson and Brown contributed on defense. The squad seeks a 3-1 preseason mark after a 17-13 win over the Broncos, with Tim Van Galder leading a third quarter surge that included a 27 yard TD pass to Jackie Smith and a Donny Anderson two yard score. The Oilers, coming off a 20-3 win over Green Bay, visit next week as the clubs meet for the third time in series history.
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Football Cardinals
Houston Oilers
Big Red
Astrodome
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Cardinals
Denver Broncos
Denver
Tim van Galder
van Galder
Jackie Smith
Donny Anderson
Jim Bakken
Bob Hollway
Broncos
Roger Wehrli
George Hoey
Larry Wilson
Dale Hackbart
Way
Hoey
Miller Farr
Norm Thompson
Hackbart
Larry Willingham
Wilson
Terry Brown
Farr
Willingham
Tom Banks
Hollway
Oilers
Green Bay Packers
Dallas
Chicago
St. Louis
Busch Memorial Stadium
Lake Forest
Drulis Big Red Coach Dies Aboard Flight to Houston
Charles Chuck Drulis defensive coach of the St Louis Cardinals died aboard the team’s charter flight to Houston for an exhibition game with the Oilers. He was 54 and had 22 NFL seasons, most with the Cardinals, and was famed for the safety blitz. He is survived by his wife Dale and two sons. Funeral plans were not set.
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Bob Holloway
St. Louis Football Cardinals
Charles
Chuck” Drulis
Drulis
Big Red
Houston
Oilers
Cardinals
Holloway
NFL
Chicago Bears
Temple University
Bears
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Packers
Chicago
Philadelphia
Larry Wilson
Weeb Endbank
New York Jets
National Football League
Fred Reynolds
Little Rock Ark
Girardville
Dale
Charles Jr
Kerry
Abe Stuber
Stuber
Cavs Acquire Lenny Wilkens From Sonics
Cleveland acquires all pro guard Lenny Wilkens and Barry Clemens from Seattle in exchange for guard Butch Beard. Wilkens, 34, is the NBA's 16th all time scorer with 14 611 points and ranks among the leaders in assists. Beard is a 25 year old guard who played for the Hawks in 1969 70 and joined Cleveland last November.
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Wilkens
Cleveland
Ohio
Bill Fitch
Cleveland Cavaliers
Lenny Wilkens
Seattle Supersonics
Barry Clemens
Butch Beard
Louisville
National Basketball Association
Sonics
Beard
Atlanta Hawks
Golf's First Doubleheader Features Dual Tourneys
Pro golf opens with a two tournament day at the Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst. The Liggett and Myers Open leads after 36 holes but its top player cannot win the stroke play event and must enter the $150,000 U S Pro Match Play, which could pit Nicklaus Trevino Palmer or Weaver in the first round. Eight top players from L M form the match play field while exempt stars sit out until the weekend. Joe Dey devised the two tournament format to ensure stars compete on the weekend.
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Bob Green
Associated Press
Pinehurst
N.C
U.S
Jack Nicklaus
Lee Trevino
Arnold Palmer
North Carolina
L&m
Nicklaus
Trevino
Palmer
DeWitt Weaver
Hightmore
Joe Dey
Professional Golfers
Gary Playay
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