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Big Ten Icons: Otto Graham
Big Ten Icons: Otto Graham
Lynn ?Pappy? Waldorf obviously had his Northwestern football team in mind when he spotted a strong-armed freshman throwing feathery-soft spirals in an NU fraternity football league in the fall of 1940. Waldorf suggested the youngster might want to give the Wildcat varsity a try the following season. He did, and football?s gain was something of […]
Big Ten Icons: Dave Winfield
Big Ten Icons: Dave Winfield
Dave Winfield had never played a down of college football at the University of Minnesota, but the Minnesota Vikings thought they knew an athlete when they saw one. They drafted Winfield in 1973, envisioning a pass-catching, stretch-the-field tight end. They also knew that signing Winfield might involve outbidding the NBA?s Atlanta Hawks and the Utah […]
Big Ten Icons: John Cappelletti
Big Ten Icons: John Cappelletti
Penn State being Penn State, it was inevitable that some of the records John Cappelletti set in his two remarkably productive seasons as the Nittany Lions? starting tailback would fall as the assembly line kept churning out newer models. But the proud Italian kid from suburban Philadelphia remains the only Heisman Trophy winner in Penn […]
Big Ten Icons: Steve Alford
Big Ten Icons: Steve Alford
Steve Alford may well have been the quintessential Indiana basketball player. He grew up in New Castle, a town that reveres the game, and learned it from his father, Sam Alford, a Hall of Fame high school coach at New Castle Chrysler. Under his father?s tutelage, Alford developed the fundamental skills, the shooting touch, the […]
Big Ten Icons: Jack Nicklaus
Big Ten Icons: Jack Nicklaus
He played only two years of varsity golf at Ohio State, but during that time, Jack Nicklaus offered enticing hints of what he eventually would become: the greatest player in the history of his game. During one stretch of his storied amateur career, Nicklaus entered 30 tournaments and won 29 of them, including the 1961 […]
Big Ten Icons: Suzy Favor-Hamilton
Big Ten Icons: Suzy Favor-Hamilton
?With the exception of the loss of some loved ones, I wouldn?t change a thing about my life—running got where I am today,? Favor-Hamilton said. ?But winning titles seems so insignificant in comparison to the other gifts I?ve been given.? Motivation was never an issue for Suzy Favor. She enjoyed the buzz she felt and […]
