The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 21, 1966, Page Page Eleven, Image 11
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By DON HULT
Staff Writer
Vince Lombardi, head coach of
the National Football League
Green Bay Packers and one of the
most profound football minds in
the sport, exhorts his running
hacks to "run to daylight"-that
is, if the runner finds a closed hole
where the play was supposed to
go, he should run where he sees
the nearest opening.
After four years of "helmet
cracking" on the rugged gridirons
of Pennsylvania, freshman half
back George Daskalakes took heed
of the Lombardi football philoso
phy and ran through 77 yards of
(laylight to bring the Biddies their
first victory of the '66 season, a
13-7 come-from-behind triumph
oVer The Citadel freshmen.
AUjSPICIOTS START
Though George modestly ad
nitted that his winning touchdown
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run vWas an auspicious sta-t to a
Nollege career, such a gridiron
Feat is not to him.
George hails from AllentAwn,
Pa., a city and state where foot
ball truly reigns supreme and
which pri<les itself oi its proluc
Aion of good football players.
H1is football career began at the
age of nine. Iy the t:me he en
tered Allentown's Dieruff Ifigh
School, )asky was thoroughly
groun<le(l in the fun<lamentals of
blocking and tackling.
With the aild of his backfield
Noneh, Rtichar<d Tracy,(;rg
gained the finer skills of ball
1arrying an<l pass receiving to go
along with the fun<damentals and
became a iulti-tilented back
playing halfback, fullback and
flanker-back during his scholastic
CYeer.
Dieruff played the foremost
teams from eastern Pennsylvania
and New JTerse and aCcum1ulated
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; gool but unspectacular won and
lost record; however, George's ex
ploits did not ;ro unnoticed and in
1 1';. he was chosen "Eastern
Pennsylvania Athlete of the Year."
Ilis most outstanding single ac
romphishment was leading Dieruff
to an upset victory over Shamokin
Ifigh, to shatter that team's 48
rame wvin-streak.
WEI;H1TLI FTING
After his senior year George's
harher suggested a program of
heavy weightlifting to build up
(;oreg's stature for college foot
ball. A fter months of sweat and
strain the hard-hitting halfback
had increased from 185 to 210
pounds.
If,mwever, one day in the spring
of his last year of high school,
(orge was doing squats with
875 pwunds across his shoulders
when he lost his balance, fell back
ward and tore most of his ab
doninal muscies.
For the next few weeks he
cOUld eat very little and then only
wi'h great pain and his weight
fell to a scant NO pounds.
So instead of going on to col
lege, George decided upon a year
of prep school to build himself up
MnCe more. It was then that a
foothall talent scout from West
Point became interested in his
career, and George was making
Ilans to be'one a Cadet.
PHONE CALL
Last spring Dasky received a
phtne call from Coach Bill Sha
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ieve a (baal e%. express'ion in. natural a,l
cateur- to msens wtho are fat idious ab,
tows
HASE AT AL.L RIGHT PARKil
ng New
-back
osky, "Coach Dietzel and his staff
were moving to South Carolina,
would George be interested in
joining them there?"
ly then he was beginning to
have second thoughts about the
military regime of the Military
Academy, so George accepted
1'oach Shalosky's proposal.
It was a decision that he now
hardly regrets, for his first im
pressions of Carolina have been
most favorable, "The people down
here are so genuinely friendly;
the facilities here are unbeliev
able; the Gamecocks' schedule is
ruite a challenge, and, oh, these
Southern girls.
Right now George's academic
and career plans are undecided but
he is well aware of Coach Dietzel's
admonishments of not being able
"to peal a football and eat it"
once his playing career is finished.
WORKING HARI)
However, while he's here at
Carolina George is looking for
ward to playing a lot of football,
especially <,n offense. lie's work
ing hard to improve his moves in
the open field.
Up till now George has been
running in the Jimmy Taylor
style, running over would-bc
tacklers "just to sting them."
Like Taylor, the great Packer
fullback who also played his col
lege football under Paul Dietzel
George may change his style from
"running through them to running
around them and into daylight."
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Carolina quarterback Mike Fair
a roiloock in the form of W%ake
fenie 4en1l Joe st-jie in last Satur
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By FRANK WELLS T
Staff Writer
The Carolina cross-country track as
team met iefeat for the soc,nl d is
consecttive week last Friday. fin- ( ar,
ishiniz last in a four-way affair to
held on 'I 1lmson's home fieid. T
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nIS(,n anld N. ('. S-tate, as wl
he Gamiecciks. di nt entirely
011u.r e C(,ach Biaskin sinco,
'ina :s parl.iripa-ing "mainil
t -ha:p for spring."
A'('ks w ere ltet,vn by
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n Their Own Backyard
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(Gamecock staff photo by Crewe)
trolina Stadium. 1A)oking on
Pck, are tackle Hyrum Pierce
er Jimniv Golbble (50).
e Fourth
f Season
h-n n. 2~-2' ; N. C. State, 24-33;
and IDuke. 23-34.
(ii 4f the frw br2i: sin; fir
ho Ct'ardina men was the running
,f R--b Taylor as hi pounded the
turf fir firsts against ('rson
.i 5'tate whi'h- iling ti. only
.n m an frn, Duke.
A1 iPh, f:ne perf!ormanck, was
pu: fr-: h by Brian Kenny, who
fw,1k rrurth place against the Tig
OrS and W':fpack to add to his
th:rd place behinId the Blue Devils.
"Actually we had only two rea'
distance men running last Fri
day." comented Baskin. "It's a
matter of having four or five good
men to win i cross-country race."
Friday the Gamecocks travel to
Atlanta t meet Georgia Tech.
Apology
The sports staff of Thc Go ?n
cock would like to apologize to
.Jeff Kinaid for ':stirig him as
los, to the VS' sw:mming team
duc to acadenic int hib.lity. The
inc r-eot s tat t men appeared it.
an artclo n the swimning tvar
in las, wo(k's Issue f Th, Gan, -
co k.
Despite \,
fiendish torture
dynamic BIC Duo
writes first time,
every time!
Biic's ruggedl p'air of
stick pe-ns wins aga in
in unending wa r
agamnst ball-pomnt
skip, clog and smear.
D)espite horrible
pum shmernt hiv mad
scienti%ts, inc still
writes first time, esecry
time Anrd lie wonder.
Bit 's "Dy)a:mit(" Ball
is the hair dest me, tal
myade, ene aiSed in a ''
solid brass nose cone. '
Will not 'shp. clog a
0r smear no mai,tter 3
what dlevihish abuse 2
is de."ised for them I .
by sadistic students. -
Get the dy~nanurc
Bic D)uo at your
camipus Stoie now.
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