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Major college football splits into I A and I A divisions
The NCAA creates Division I A and I AA after a long vote split the 144 major teams into two divisions. Ivy League members Colgate and William and Mary join the expansion, boosting the original lineup with 25 schools. Don James named major college Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association. George Knudson tops first round in Phoenix Open as others chase the $200,000 purse. Mets and Jon Matlack near tentative bonus settlement before commissioner’s approval.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
NCAA
Colgate and William & Mary
Don James
University of Washington
Michigan
American Coaches Fooball Association
Bill Manlove
Widener
Golf Lake Buena Vista
Fla
Jim Dent
George Bayer
Mel McMullem
Art Scott
Joe Oliver
John Ebert
Joe Taylor
Denis Husse
Bob Erickson
Ted Kondratko
Fred Atkins
Gene Borek
Phoenix
George Knudson
Rod Funseth
George Archer
Bill Kratzert
Lon Hinkle
Baseball New York
Jon Matlack
New York Mets
Baseball
Bowie Kuhn
Matlack
Mets
Texas Rangers
National Collegiate Athletic Association