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DON ABBEYDAAbbey, a 6-3, 236-pound fullback for undefeated Penn State,%was a standout as both middle►linebacker and fullback at Deerfield for two years. He cocaptained the 1965 team and helped lead the Green to aDEERFIELD — Although Deer field Academy put the wraps on its own football season nearly • a month ago;’ Deerfield followers still have a lot of football to look forward to over the next three weeks. Former Academy standouts Don Abbey, Mike Bentson and Willie Roberts are now playing for bowl-bound college elevens.Girls Form■ .v - . jg'*' —Wg' m-. '*■when sas Ctopglt ^ . • lean 1% '■' 'lt; 1. ; / 'Hal-m u' } l( / I threeW^assl! v -w-. J/®1 favor/•; C ■ incenEast\D - . ,lt; ElfMIKE BENTSON WILLIE ROBERTS Foot!* «muclIn Grid, Bowl Games SSsota,6-1 record that year. Don will Mike is expected to take over be closing out his college ca- the quarterbacking chores when reer bn New Year’s Night when senior quarterback Bruce Gra- m the second-ranked Nittany Lions samke calls his last game for son. face once-beaten Missouri in the undefeated Blsons Saturday, gam-the Orange Bowl. Roberts, another highly-re- note*Bentson is a promising young garded young sophomore, will quarterback for North Dakota be in the lineup for the Univer- Ba State, the number one small si tv of Houston in the Astro- urda college team in the nation, Blue-bomnet Bowl on New Year's s,art \vhich will square off against Eve. Willie was in the backfield may the University of Montana’s un- on Deerfield’s 1967 squad, As Favc defeated Grizzlies in the Camel- a kickoff return specialist for Hill, lia Bowl at Sacramento, Calif., Houston this year, Willie set Hay* this afternoon. Mike, a sharp- a school record for returns by savli passing quarterback at Deer- amassing a total of 502 yards land field in 1965 and 1966, co-cap- in 20 carries, a statistic good tained the Green his final year, enough to place him second in De Now a sophomore at NDSU, the nation for kickoff returns, upset __ Ram.DCmnnED _ onef
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Greenfield Recorder
Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
Sat, Dec 13, 1969
Page 18
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