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To: ClintonBeGone
Wonder what round this guy would have gone in?

Dawkins, Peter M.
Football
b. March 8, 1938, Royal Oak, MI
One of the most celebrated college players of his time, not only because of his football skills but also because of his All-American boy image, Dawkins won the Heisman and Maxwell Trophies as the nation's outstanding college player in 1958.
A versatile performer, Dawkins rushed for only 428 yards but scored 12 touchdowns on 78 carries that season. He also caught 16 passes for 491 yards and 12 touchdowns; returned 7 kickoffs for 132 yards; and ran back 10 punts for 162 yards.

A three-year letterman in hockey, Dawkins graduated seventh in his class and won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he starred in rugby. He then began an army career and in 1983 he became the Army's youngest general at forty-five.

40 posted on 04/24/2004 3:54:37 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed
Almost forgot the "Lonesom end"

Carpenter, "Bill" (William S. Jr.)
Football
b. Sept. 30, 1937, Woodbury, NJ
Carpenter became famous as the "lonely end" at the U. S. Military Academy in 1958 and 1959. Army Coach "Red" Blaik devised the lonely end formation, in which Carpenter was split wide and never entered the huddle. Instead, plays were conveyed to him through hand signals from the quarterback.
As a junior in 1958, Carpenter caught 22 passes for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was named an All-American in 1959, when he had 43 receptions for 591 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Although he had to enter military service after graduation, the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Carpenter was drafted by the Oakland Raiders of the AFL and the Baltimore Colts of the NFL, but he elected to became a career military officer, eventually rising to the rank of general.

College Football Hall of Fame
41 posted on 04/24/2004 3:58:19 PM PDT by Blessed
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