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’73 All-Pro awards
Oldies reap the laurels
By Murray Olderman
NEW YORK - (NEA) - It
was the year of retribution
for the old-timers in profes
sional football, their last go
round for all-pro, an honor
which every player covets.
And three of them, with a
combined experience total of
37 years in the National Foot
ball League, made it.
Mark the names: Francis
Asbury Tarkenton, quarter
back of the Minnesota Vik
ings. Joseph Albert Scibelli,
guard for the Los Angeles
Rams. Lee Roy Jordan, mid
dle linebacker for the Dallas
Cowboys.
It seems like they’ve been
around forever, right?
Today they were named to
the 19-annual NEA All-Pro
team, chosen traditionally by
their peers, the players of the
National Football League.
1973 NEA All-Pro Team
OFFENSE
Wide Receiver — John Gilliam, Minnesota, 28, 6-1, 195
Wide Receiver — Harold Jackson, Los Angeles, 27, 5-10,
175
Tackle — Art Shell, Oakland, 27, 6-5, 265
Tackle — George Kunz, Atlanta, 26, 6-5, 257
Guard — Larry Little, Miami, 28, 6-1, 265
Guard — Joe Scibelli, Los Angeles, 34, 6-0, 255
Center — Bob Johnson, Cincinnati, 27, 6-5, 262
Tight End — Riley Odoms, Denver, 23, 6-4, 230
Quarterback — Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota, 33, 6-0, 190
Running Back — O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, 26, 6-1, 21 2
Running Back — John Brockington, Green Bay, 25, 6-1,
225
Kicker — Garo Ypremian, Miami, 29, 5-8, 175
DEFENSE
End - Bill Stanfill, Miami, 26, 6-5, 250
End — Alan Page, Minnesota, 28, 6-4, 245*
Tackle — Joe Greene, Pittsburgh, 27, 6-4, 275
Tackle — Mike Reid, Cincinnati, 26, 6-3, 255
Middle Backer — Lee Roy Jordan, Dallas, 32, 6-1, 221
Linebacker — Dave Wilcox, San Francisco, 31,6-3, 241
Linebacker — Chris Hanburger, Washington, 32, 6-2,
218
Corner Back — Willie Brown, Oakland, 33, 6-1, 195
Corner Back - Mel Renfro, Dallas, 32, 6-0, 190
Safety — Dick Anderson, Miami, 27, 6-2, 196
Safety — Bill Bradley, Philadelphia, 26, 5-11, 190
Punter - Ray Guy, Oakland, 24, 6-3, 190
* Page is normally a defensive tackle
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None of them, despite long
and distinguished careers,
had even come close to all
pro ranking. Yet their ability
has been manifest in the per
formance of their teams —
all three were vital contribu
tors to division champions
this fall.
Tarkenton, at 33, has been
exceeded by only one man in
pro football history, John
Unitas, in passing yardage.
This year, with a well-bal
anced team, he threw less
than ever, but more effec
tively than ever (a career
high of 61.7 per cent) in lead
ing the Vikings to a 12-2
record.
Scibelli is the surprise. The
squat 13-year veteran has al
ways graded high, but even
on his own team he has been
in the shadow of fellow guard
Tom Mack, who also carries
Pre-game bickering ends;
teams confident, wary
HOUSTON (UPI) — The
National Football League likes
to think it plans the arrange
ments for Super Bowl week
with the thoroughness, preci
sion and attention to detail that
is usually associated with
something like a space shot.
But this week there’ve been a
few misfirings.
For example, there were
those sparrows in the Min
nesota Vikings’ locker room.
all-pro credentials. Joe has
played more games for the
Rams than any player in
history and five times has
been voted their outstanding
offensive lineman. It’s about
time he got recognition.
Lee Roy Jordan, a stripling
of 11 seasons, comes off his
best campaign ever, accord
ing to demanding Coach Tom
Landry. Lee Roy, a light,
hard hitter, has always been
subdued in the last decade by
the Nitschkes, Butkuses and
Laniers. No one is going to
claim he possesses more
physical talent than, say,
Willie Lanier of Kansas City.
But all-pros should be picked
on performance. And in 1973,
Lee Roy performed.
One noteworthy aspect of
the ’73 roster is the presence
of three tackles on the defen
sive line. Alan Page, Joe
Second Team
OFFENSE
WR - Paul Warfield, Miami
WR — Harold Carmichael, Philadelphia
T — Rayfield Wright, Dallas
T — Ron Yary, Minnesota
G — Gene Upshaw, Oakland
G — Reggie McKenzie, Buffalo
C — Jack Rudnay, Kansas City
TE — Charley Young, Pennsylvania
QB — John Hadi, Los Angeles
RB — Larry Csonka, Miami
RB — Lawrence McCutcheon, Los Angeles
K — Roy Gerela, Pittsburgh
DEFENSE
E— John Zook, Atlanta
E— Elvln Bethea, Houston
T — Paul Smith, Denver
T — Manny Fernandez, Miami
MLB - Willie Lanier, Kansas City
OLB — Jack Ham, Pittsburgh
OLB — Ted Hendricks, Baltimore
CB — Lem Barney, Detroit
CB — Clarence Scott, Cleveland
S — Jake Scott, Miami
S — Ken Houston, Washington
P — Jerrell Wilson, Kansas City
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Now it’s the weather—which
is one element even the NFL
can’t control—that is causing
headaches for league officials.
Friday was a dreary, rainy
day in the Houston area with
temperatures in the 30s and
NFL officials are becoming
apprehensive about the possibil
ity of rain on Sunday—despite
the optimistic forecast by the
weatherman.
Don’t Trust Weatherman
The official forecast for
Sunday is for no rain with the
temperature in the 50s. But one
official quipped, “The weather
man hasn’t been right yet this
week.”
The two teams—the Min
nesota Vikings and the Miami
Dolphins—went through light
drills in the rain Friday and
planned one-hour workouts
today on the artificial turf at
Rice Stadium.
Manny Fernandez, the Dol
phins’ defensive tackle who was
the hero of last year’s Super
Bowl, was held out of Friday’s
workout because of a high
temperature. Os course, wide
receiver Paul Warfield was also
sidelined because of the pulled
hamstring muscle he suffered
Wednesday although Don Shula
said he is hopeful Warfield can
‘B’ girls lose
to North Clayton
The North Clayton “B” girls
defeated Griffin 19-13 yesterday
at Forest Park.
Miss June Handley, Griffin
coach, blamed the loss on a
“terrible first half.” Griffin
trailed 14-5 at halftime.
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Greene and Mike Reid were
so remarkable in a year when
defensive end play was sub
dued that it was natural to
shift Page to an end position
and include all three.
The young man on the team
is 23-year-old Riley Odoms,
the towering tight end of the
Denver Broncos, a big force
in their first winning season
ever. The old man of the all
pro squad is 34-year-old
Scibelli.
The only rookie to be
picked was brilliant punter
Ray Guy of the Oakland
Raiders. Miami led all teams
with four choices, kicker
Garo Ypremian and guard
Larry Little on offense, end
Bill Stanfill and safety Dick
Anderson on defense.
The following are the 1973
first and second teams (with
ages, height and weights):
start Sunday.
Shula and Bud Grant of the
Vikings, the two opposing
coaches, held their final pre
game news conferences Friday
and both struck the typical
coaches’ pose—confident but
wary.
Cougars
defeat
Pistons
The Cougars defeated the
Pistons 22-14, the Tigers topped
the Cowboys 33-22 and the
Lassies defeated the Panthers
17-15 yesterday in the Rick
Barry league.
Alvin Kendall scored 12 points
for the Cougars and Doug
Pound made six. Mike Estes led
the Pistons with eight points
and Gary Peurifoy made two.
Paul Smith scored 13 points
for the Tigers and Barry Bunn
made six. Antonio Gray scored
10 points for the Cowboys and
Bubba Andrews made eight.
Tammy Parks scored 11
points for the Lassies and
Bonnie Bonds made two. April
Butler paced the Panthers with
seven points. Beverly Hard
castle scored two.
Beth McGee led Griffin
scorers with seven points.
Tommie Blalock made four and
Kathy Murphy two.
The “B” girls will play a
return match with North J
Clayton Tuesday.
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Bears rout
N. Clayton
The Griffin Bears are primed
for the second half of the Region
6-AAA season after routing
North Clayton 68-53 last night.
The game wasn’t as close as
the final score shows.
Griffin led 19-8 after one
period and 43-20 halftime.
After taking a 61-31 lead into
the fourth period, Coach Frank
Hinson used his reserves.
“We played a good, overall
game,” Coach Hinson said.
Griffin girls snap
losing streak
The Griffin High girls
snapped a three-game losing
streak last night at North
Clayton and will head into the
second round of region com
petition next Friday withan 11-4
record.
After a slow first quarter that
saw Griffin take a 6-5 edge, the
Academy
teams lose
The Griffin Academy boys
and girls yesterday dropped
games to McDonough Christian
Academy.
The local girls were beaten 46-
26 and the boys dropped their
game, 79-47.
Deborah Smith scored 12
points for Griffin. Dale Martin
scored six and Tami Smith and
Kay Landrum four.
John Stovall and Jimmy Fain
scored 12 points. Danny Ray
made nine, Bob Landham eight,
Bobby Willis four and Matt
Crossfield two.
Flyers dump
Flames, 7-6
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fans saw the most free
wheeling, high-scoring game of
their team’s existence Friday
night. Everything was exciting
except the finish.
For two periods, Coach
Bernie Geoffrion’s Flames
showed the Philadelphia Flyers
why they’re the most improved
team in hockey and why
Atlanta has suddenly gone ga
ga over the new sport in town.
The Flames jumped off to a
2-0 firsLperiod lead and then
withstood a five-goal onslaught
from the Flyers in the second
stanza with four more scores of
their own before succumbing in
the final period when Gary
Dornhoeffer and Cowboy Bill
Flett tallied to give the Western
Division-leading Flyers a hard
fought 7-6 victory.
In the only other National
Hockey League game, Vancouv
er edged California, 3-2. And in
the only World Hockey Associa
tion game, Winnipeg beat
Edmonton, 7-4.
Atlanta and Philadelphia got
off a total of 87 shots for the
night and the nine goals in the
second period ranks as one of
the all-time NHL one-period
highs. Flett, who scored the
winning goal with a bullet-line
slap shot from 45 feet out,
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Griffin was exceptionally hot
in the second half, hitting 12 of
14 shots from the field.
“In addition to the good
shooting, we played strong on
defense,” Coach Hinson said.
Keith Daniels paced Griffin’s
attack with 24 points. Ken
Crawford and Bean Coggins
made 10, Gary McDowell eight,
Chuck Dunn seven, Chuck Dean
six, Richard Sanders two and
Willie Jordan one.
Dunn normally is one of
local girls outshot North
Clayton 16-6 in the second
quarter and then breeze to a 42-
33 victory.
“The second quarter was the
turning point,” Coach Harvey
Oglesby said this morning.
“The girls pilt it together, of
fensively and defensively, and
broke the game open.”
Griffin led 22-11 at halftime
and Coach Oglesby used a lot of
the second half to play reserves.
All 15 girls played.
Portia Vaughn led Griffin’s
offensive attack with 20 points.
Paula Westmoreland did not
start but finished up as the
second highest scorer with 12
points. She hit six of seven shots
from the field.
Jodye Newbern scored four
points for Griffin and Claire
Ann Mankin, Fran Kersey and
Retha Daniels made two.
Debra Cain and Cheryl Brown
were Griffin’s defensive stars
along with rovers Portia
Vaughn and Claire Ann Mankin.
Griffin’s free throw shooting
started the Flyers five-goal
outburst in the second and was
joined in the scoring by Terry
Crisp, Rick MacLeish, Joe
Watson and Bobby Clarke.
Adding to the excitement was
the fact that only three seconds
elapsed between MacLeish’s
and Watson’s goals — thus
breaking the previous NHL
record of four seconds which
had stood for 43 years.
Larry Romanchych, Keith
McCreary, John Stewart and
Curt Bennett accounted for
Atlanta’s four goals in the
period.
Dennis Ververgaert’s two
goals paced Vancouver to its
win over California. The win
was the Canucks’ first on the
road in nine tries with Western
Division teams this season. The
first period saw two players
register their first tallies of the
season as Brent Meeke of the
Seals and Tracy Pratt of the
Canucks blinked the red light.
Veteran Walt McKechnie of the
Seals also tallied.
Bobby Hull notched his 26th
and 27th goals of the season to
lead Winnipeg over Edmonton.
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Griffin’s top scorers. However,
he pulled a muscle in practice
this week and wasn’t moving
too well last night. His action
was limited.
Coach Hinson is looking
forward to the second half of
region play.
The Bears dropped a couple of
heartbreakers in the first half
and the coach is hoping his team
has improved enough to prevent
that in the second half.
improved from the last time
out. Vaughn hit eight straight.
The varsity girls will be idle
Tuesday night then start the
second half of region play
Friday in Thomaston.
The Griffin girls defeated Lee
the first time around and Coach
Oglesby and his team hope to
prove Friday that that victory
was no fluke.
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