Hall of Fame Day honors four 1972 inductees in Canton
Ollie Matson led emotional Pro Football Hall of Fame ceremony as he, along with Lamar Hunt Gino Marchetti and Ace Parker, were enshrined before 5000 fans. Matson recalled poverty and pursued football, while Hunt and Marchetti shed tears during introductions and speeches.
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Ohio
Ollie Matson
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Matson
Kansas City Chiefs
American Football League
Lamar Hunt
Baltimore Colts
Gino Marchetti
Clarence
Ace
Parker
Brooklyn Dodgers
Hall of Fame
Chicago Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
Detroit Lions
Philadelphia Eagles
Cardinals
Giants in 23 17 loss to Chiefs
Kansas City backup Mike Livingston sparked the Chiefs to a 23 17 win over the New York Giants in the Hall of Fame game. Livingston 39 yard run for a touchdown and a pass helped erase a halftime deficit with Stenerud converting three field goals as the Chiefs opened the regular NFL exhibition slate.
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Canton
Ohio
Kansas City
Mike Livingston
Chiefs
New York Giants
Livington
Southern Methodist
Len Dawson
Jan Stenerud
Livingston
Dawson
Alliance
Datson
Wendell Hayes
Pete Gogolak
Randy Johnson
Charlie Evans
Normal Snead
Joe Morrison
New York
Spiezio’s ninth inning hit lifts White Sox past Royals 4-3
Ed Spiezio delivered a two-out run single in the ninth to score Carlos May, who had reached on a hit by pitch, steal of second, and a misplayed ball. Chicago overcame an early Royals lead with a three-run third and tied the game on Ed Herrmann’s RBI single before Spiezio’s game winner.
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Chisox
Spiezio
Chicago
Ed Spiezio
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
May
Ted Abernathy
Ed Kirkpatrick
San Diego
Bill Melton
Royals
Lou
Piniella
White Sox
Bruce Dal Canton
Dick Allen
RBI
Cookie Rojas
Dave Lemonds
Mike Andrews
Andrews
Cal
Orioles win on homer by Brooks in 11th inning
Brooks Robinson hit his fifth homer of the season with two outs in the 11th, lifting the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Don Buford and Merv Rettenmund sparked an earlier rally, and John Lowenstein connected for his third homer, with Paul Blair and Don Baylor delivering key hits in a tense late game.
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Baltimore
Brooks Robinson
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
Robinson
Staven Mingori
Orioles
Don Buford
Cleveland
Dick Tidrow
Merv Rettenmund
Bobby Grich
Mingori
John Lowenstein
Jim Palmer
Guo
Paul Blair
Don Tylor
Brewers Rally Past Tigers 8-3 To Slash Lead
John Briggs hit a three run homer and Joe Lahoud and Dave May added two run shots as Milwaukee beat Detroit 8-3. Lahoud's sixth homer snapped a 3 3 tie in the third, Briggs opened with a first inning shot, lifting Jim Colborn to 3 2. The loss drops Bill Slayback to 44.
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John Briggs
Joe Lahoud
Dave May
Milwaukee Brewers
Detroit
Tigers
Lahoud
Briggs
Dick McAuliffe
Leboud
al Kaline
Norm Cash
Brewers
Scott
A's rout Twins as Jackson, Rudi pace 27-2 victory
Oakland A's crushed Minnesota 27 2 powered by Reggie Jackson two homers and Joe Rudi three run shot. Jackson also hit a 19th homer and Ted Kubiak started the scoring in the first as Jim Hunter pitched five hit ball for his 13th win. Brinkman sets fielding streak record for Milwaukee shortstop run. Detroit’s Eddie Brinkman extended an errorless streak to 298 chances. Dan Thompson led Michigan State hockey with 85 goals and 32 assists in prior season.
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Reggie Jackson
Joe Rudi
Oakland A
Minnesota Twins
Ted Kubiak
Jim Hunter
Jackson
Jim Strickland
A's
Rudi
Hunter
Brinkman
Millyaukee
Detroit
Eddie Brinkman
Wilwaukee
Chico Carrasquel
Chicago White Sox
Buddy Kerr
New York Giants
Michigan
Dan Thompson
Rexdale
Ont
Michigan State
Leonard Declared Schaefer 500 winner after mixup
Mount Pocono Pa AP Joe Leonard a Spyarold campaigner from San Jose California was declared the official winner of the Schaefer 300 mile auto race Saturday an hour after the honor had gone to All Unser Leonard the 1971 driving champion of the United States Auto Club led with 90 miles to go and finished about 25 seconds ahead of Johnny Rutherford in second place.
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Joe Leonard
San Jose
Calif
Schaefer
All Unser
Leonard
United States Auto Club
Johnny Rutherford
Fort Worth
Tex
al Unser
Shim Malone
Mario Andretti
Parnelli Jones
Victory Lane
Rutherford
USAC
Unser
Dick King
Mark Donohue
Pocononternational
Billy Vukovich
Sami Posey
Cambridge Junction
Mich
Andretti
Sullivan Stars as All Stars MVP in Soldier Field Classic
Pat Sullivan the Auburn Heisman winner was named most valuable player for the College Allstars in the 39th mid-summer classic at Soldier Field. He entered late, completed five of eight passes, and helped drive the Stars to their lone threat in a Dallas Cowboys victory. The Cowboys won 20 to 28, extending pro leads in the series.
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Pat Sullivan
Auburn
Chicago
Soldier Field
Sullivan
Atlanta Falcons
Dallas Cowboys
Stars
Richie Harris
Grambling
Philadelphia
Bob Devaney
Nebraska
Jerry Tagge
Houston
Bob Newhouse
Newhouse
Cowboys
Tom Myers
Syracuse
New Orleans
Tommy Casanova
LSU
John Mendenhall
Mike Siani
Villanova
Tagge
NFL
Collegians
Dallas
Roger Staubach
Craig Morton
Staubach
Ron Sellers
Morton
Bob Haynes
Australia Leads 3-1 in Cun Showdown Rematch Remains
Australia built a 2-1 edge over the United States after two wins by Evert and Goolagong. Kerry Melville turned back Wendy Overton after Overton defaulted at 0-5 in the third set due to leg cramps, leaving the score at 2-6 7-5 54 default.
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Cleveland
Australia
United States
Chris Evert
Evonne Goolagong
Misses Evert
Goolagong
Kerry Melville
Wendy Overton
Chevy Chase
Miss Overton
Stanhouse and Panther Start Today in Texas Rangers Pitch duel
Stanhouse and Jim Panther, both ex Oakland pitchers, were listed as probable starters for the Texas Rangers today. Stanhouse seeks his first major league win after two losses to Detroit, while Panther, a Southern Illinois University alum from Highland Park, tries to even his 0-1 record since the trade centered on Denny McLain. Oakland counters with Blue Moon Odom and Hamilton as the other starters.
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Jim Panther
Associated Press
Texas Rangers
Texas
Oakland
Stanhouse
du Quoin
Detroit
Panther
Southern Ilinois University
Highland Perk
Denny McLain
Blue Moon” Odom
Hamilton
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