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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1964
Page
11
AP picks 1964 All America football team with quarterback John Huarte and star linebacker Dick Butkus leading a 22 man first team. Others include Gale Sayers and Donny Anderson at backfield, Fred Biletnikoff and Lawrence Elkins at end, and Tommie Nobis and Bill Fisk on the line amid a modern platoon offense.
Bill Tate of Wake Forest earned unanimous ACC coach of the year honors from the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association. Tate, 32, took over Jan 1964 after Wake Forest won only one game in 1962 and 1963, guiding the Deacons to a 27 13 victory over N C State to finish the season.
The 1964 AP All America selections feature Fred Biletnikoff from Florida State as an end with Lawrence Elkins of Baylor. tackles Jim Wilson of Georgia and Larry Kramer of Nebraska. guards Tom Nobis of Texas and Bill Fisk of Southern California. center Pat Killerin of Syracuse. backs John Huarte Notre Dame Bob Timberlake Michigan Gale Sayers Kansas. Denny Anderson Texas Tech. Defense ends Harold Wells Purdue Allen Brown Mississippi. tackles Dan Kearley Alabama John Van Sicklen Iowa State. linebackers Dick Butkus Illinois Steve DeLong Tennessee Ron Caveness Houston. backs Tucker Frederickson Auburn Clarence Williams Washington State Arnold Cheney Ohio State Cosmo Lacavazzi Princeton.
Arnold Palmer shot 66 to lead the United States in the Canada Cup second round at Royal Kaanapali. He and Jack Nicklaus totaled 138 as USA and South Africa tied for the team lead. Gary Player and Denis Hutchinson matched 69s for 138 for South Africa. Argentina 140, Hawaii 141, Philippines 142, Brazil 143. Palmer birdied six with an eagle and sank a 118 foot putt on No. 16. Palmer quipped to the press, Let's go swimming.
East region highlights Fordham defeating Loyola Marymount 96 to 74 and Boston College topping Dartmouth 104 to 76. Maryland beat George Washington 83 to 80 while Rhode Island won 75 to 66 over Brown. South region saw Texas A&M 83 over South Mississippi 70 and Vanderbilt 78 over Rice 49. Mississippi 63 edged Arkansas A&M 62. Florida State 76 over VMI 72. Georgia 64 defeated North Carolina 61. Georgia Tech 63 over SMU 75. Midwest results include Midh, St. 82 over North Midh, 76. St. Louis U. 79 over Ohio St. 70. DePaul 80 over Christian Bros. 59. Kansas 59 over New Mexico 40. Far West notes Stanford 61 past San Jose St. 59. Wyoming 94 over Nebraska 68.
The schedule lists Detroit at Philadelphia and Los Angeles at Cincinnati as Saturday fixtures with Boston at San Francisco and St. Louis at Baltimore also on the slate. A second set shows Baltimore facing Philadelphia at Detroit and New York visiting Detroit.
The NFL signed two top first round picks Dick Butkus of Illinois with Chicago and Craig Morton of California with the Dallas Cowboys. Each was believed to receive about $200,000, adding seven of 14 first round picks to NFL rosters in the ongoing salary competition with the AFL.
Georgia stunned North Carolina 64-61 as Jimmy Pitts scored 20 points and sank key free throws to seal the lead. Vanderbilt beat Rice 78-49, St Louis over Ohio State 79-70, B C 104-76 over Dartmouth, Maryland edged George Washington 83-80, Rhode Island over Brown 75-65, Florida State beat Virginia Military 76-72, Manhattan topped Colgate 76-62. UCLA opens title defense at Illinois without Walt Hazzard as Gail Goodrich, Keith Erickson, and Fred Goss lead the veteran lineup.
Four of eight first-round choices signed with the AFL while three were lost to the NFL leaving a mixed entry for the league draft.
Mississippi State and Ole Miss, both dealing with injuries and misfortune, meet in Oxford in a traditional season finale delayed for TV. The 35 000 crowd game airs NBC at 2 145 p.m. EST, sharing top billing with LSU Florida in Baton Rouge on a hurricane-adjusted day.
Virginia head football coach Bill Elias said he has been approached unofficially by several colleges but declined all offers. He plans to remain at Virginia, noting he has never signed a contract and feels wanted by the school and its president. He did not name the interested institutions.
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