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4 Pari III Thursday, October 22, 1981 Eos Anfielea (Times WOULD Wilkerson Takes Pride in Playing Heads-Up Games When Chargers' Guard, 34, Is Unable to Outmuscle Opponents, He Often Outthinks Them E3UYS 376-0587 (714) 937-5294 (213) 769-7160 CO COMMfRCIAI HI At ISIAIt SI MV By DAVE DISTEL, Times Stajj Writer SAN DIEGO Football learns in high school and maybe even in college can overmatch another with su perior size and speed, but such factors should not separate the average from the exceptional in the National Football League. "In this league," said Dave Levy, the Chargers' offen sive line coach, "everyone is the same size." Among Levy's athletes is a man called Moosic, a nickname that would seem to imply the subject is somewhat larger than his colleagues. Moosie, however, is guard Doug Wilkerson, a mere 254 pounds. He is, in fact, the lightest of the five starting interior linemen, though this is not to suggest that he could diet for a week and get a mount in the Kentucky Derby. The point is that Wilkerson cannot attain success CAMDEN GARDENS A professional business location adjacent to the San Diego Fwy, on the corridor to Century City.

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It fits well with Wilkerson's philosophy on what maturity and experience can do for the mental part of a player's game. "Evcryear you play," he said, "you learn something new. Experience and maturity will clash against experience and maturity Sunday when the Chargers play in Chicago against the Bears. The man across the line from Wilkerson will be 36-year-old Alan Page, a bright fellow who practices law in the off-season. "He's a tremendous football player," Wilkerson said, "and an outstanding individual.

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You have to have intelligence. If you have a lot of God-given ability to play, the mental part improves the product." The mental side of life at least the academic side-was of concern to Wilkerson, 34, back in the days when he was a youngster coming out of E.E. Smith High School in Fayette ville, N.C. Universities such as Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Duke and Wake Forest encouraged him to become a part of their programs. Wilkerson chose to attend North Carolina Central in Durham.

"Quite a few people from my high school preceded me," he said, "and some were doing extremely well. They all seemed to graduate. Some came back as teachers." That was what Wilkerson wanted to do. Teach. He was an offensive guardlinebacker who could run the 100 in 9.6, and he was going to teach.

"Pro football crossed my mind," he said, "and I thought if I was good enough I'd have the opportunity. If I wasn't, my goal would be fulfilled. My goal was to go to college and get an education. Thousands of other every day Americans put in their hours in classrooms. If I hadn't played pro football, that's what I would have done." Of course, as a pro football player, particularly a Charger, Wilkerson finds he spends considerable time in what can only be described as classroom situations.

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It just doesn't happen very often." Of the Chargers' three senior statesmen in the offensive line-Wilkerson, Ed White and Russ Washington, each 34 Wilkerson has been the most unheralded. The others always seemed to end up in the Pro Bowl, and he has been The Other Guy. "I'm a team Wilkerson shrugged. "I'm glad to sacrifice personal accolades to be on a winning ball-club." In 1980, however, Wilkerson has finally voted onto the AFC Pro Bowl squad. After 11 years, he had finally gotten some recognition.

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