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Three ISepecsfeirs OFFENSIVE TEAM Pos. Wft.Hct. rjov 185 jack 199 jiniei 249 Roone11 235 jjinM 215 Rupert Curry 211 Undrew 178 Audrey Ford 168 so Iwis ISO Andrew HB 180' jhcrnian Robinson. FB 21S 5'ir 6 3" 6 510' 5'8tt 6'2" CIui Home Sen. Pittsburgh.

Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen.

Sen. Jun. 8chool Va. SUte Panama City, Cookn Dayton. Ohio Tenneaaee Charlottesville, Va.

Morgan Logan, W. Va. Central St Louis, Mo. W. Va Camden, N.

J. Cookman Tyler. Tex. TVr Soph St Paul Mlnn Lincoln, Mo. iun in.

Tennewee os Sen. Pensacola, Fla. Southern DEFENSIVE TEAM Poa. Wit. Hgt.

irthur statum una io 62 Charles End 214 Sormfcn Day 205 ivnUer Hunter 240 A'vin Neeson. 218 Harry 205 icthn 180 A.kin Hepburn QB 169 Uon HB 180 iimfi Moore HB 170 FB 200 6 5'11M 6' 511" 510" Class Home School Sen. Bethlehem, AAT Soph. Port Arthur, Tejc, Tex. So.

Sen. East Orange, N. Va. State Sen. Durham, N.

C. A4T Jun. 'Atlanta, Ga. Morris Brown Sen. Pittsburgh.

Pa. Lincoln (Mo.) Sen. Roxboro, Pa. Delaware Sen. Miami, Fla.

Fla. AAM Sen. i Muskogee, Okla Md. State Sen. Miami, Fla.

FlaJ AAM Sen. Washington. D. C. Va.

State By BILL NUNN JR. PITTSBURGH, Pa. For the twenty seoond year, the Courier, in collaboration with the nations top collegiate coaches and sports writers selects its annual All America football team. It's a star studded aggregation loaded with players whose outstanding football accomplishments during the past season have made them stand out over some of the classiest pigskin performers in all the land. Again this year, and this marks our third season of doing The same thing, we've selected both an offensive and defensive pipveru It's become standard procedure now for our coaches to use the two platoon system.

Some of the die hards who deplored the idea of going along, have been forced to do so or face the sight of being out maneuvered late in the game. However, one thing about this year's team stands out. A treat majority of the players selected have the ability and the stamina to play both on offense and defense when called upon 1o do so. That one factor alone makes them outstanding in this area of the specialist. In filling the roster of this year's team the quarterback slot presented our most complex problem.

In Alkin Hepburn, Florida A. and M. ball handling magician, and Audrey Ford, the pride of Texas Southern University, we had two of the most gifted quar whacks we've run into in a long while. Both were master passers who led their teams to victorious seasons over some of the tough est opposition in the land. Under the circumstances we were left with no other alternative but to jlace Txth offensive backs on the learn.

Ford, a junior at Texas Southern, had a phenomenal sea Ron. He threw 187 passes and completed the amazing total of 101 19 which went for touchdowns. In all his passes accounted for 1,527 yards gained. 'If that isn't enough to satisfy most skeptics, Ford also had the distinction of kicking 26 extra points for a team that won nine games and tied but one during the regular season. Hepburn's record, on the surface, might not be the equal of Ford's.

But when you stop and consider that the director of Florida's rapid fire offensive had one of the best running backflelds in the country going for him, it's understandable why he resorted to passes only as a last resort. Even so, the 169 pound senior completed 44 of 98 passes for 714 yards and eight touchdowns. His coach, Jake Gaither, calls him an exceptional leader of men and one of the most coachable youngsters he' ever directed. Only three men, James Caldwell, massive Tennessee tackle; Fioyd Keene, elusive Virginia State end, and Walter Hunter, hard charging A. and T.

tackle, were capable of performances good enough to win them team berths for the second consecutive year. Henry Mosely, the sensational Morris Brown halfback who won honors as a freshman last year, just, missed winning a post on the team as a sophomore. All of the repeaters are seniors and sach, barring induction from Uncle Sam, has the savvy to go far professional football. Again this 'season the team is a big one. From end to end the defensive unit averages a whopping 207 pounds.

The offensive unit Is bigger yet. With 249 pound Jamea Caldwell leading the way, the offensive line averages 210 pounds of sheer fury. The nff ensive backfleld is composed of four fast, shifty backs who have the ability to ga all the way at any given time. Led by Leo Lewis, the "Jet Express" from Lincoln University in Missouri, the scoring unit of this team must rate with the all time All Amer ra backfleld units. The backfleld averages 185 pounds.

Lewis, the key man in Lincoln's unbeaten, once tied, aggregation, gained 1,239 yards rushing In nine games. The re markable 180 pound speedster is also reputed to have the fast i est takeoff in Negro collegiate bftlL Only a sophomore, Lewis has two more years in which to plague Lincoln foes. In the defensive backfleld of this team is undoubtedly one of the finest all around players in the nation. He's Leo Miles, offensive Lid defensive stalwart with once beaten Virginia State College. A senior, who tips the scales at an even 200 pounds, Miles as the workhorse on one of the greatest Trojan teams of all time.

If the Washington Bedskins are serious In their search for a capable Negro performer, this Washington, D. C. athlete could well be their answer. Standouts on the line were plenty, but we think special men V' "T.1,. tn.

i i i i i i SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1952 i I 1 1 11 i 1 3 It US. non should be made of first time nominee's Jack McClarien, phenomenal Bethune Cookman end; Norman Day, rugged Virginia State tackle; John Delaware's only xlalm to fame, and Roosevelt Brown, Morgan's great tackle. McClairen, for the second successive season has been one ff the key men in Bethune Cookman'a swift offensive. The past faMm the 6 foot 4 inch terminal gobbled In eleven touchdown passes.

He was also honored as the outstanding player in the Southern Conference and will be awarded the Lucius L. Jones Memorial Award early next year. Day, the outstanding defensive performer with a great Virginia State defensive platoon, has been called by his coach, Sylvester Hall, one of the best linemen he's ever had. The same glowing vc v. 1 XM Jf 2 wrms apply to John Bunay 01 leiaware.

jrs noi oixen you see nan selected for All America honors who performs with a losing cluWBundv. however.1 was so outstanding that everyone who saw i him perform had nothing but praise for his efforts. He was a sixty nunute ball player. BooseveU Brown was the Morgan Imeman who opened wide trails for Bear backs to scamper through. IDs coach, Eddie Hurt, said this about "It is my considered opinion that Roosevelt Brown is the best tackle developed at Morgan In recent yean.

He has weight speed and aggressiveness. If some pro team doesn't pick him up, It will be missing a bet." All America Honorcblc Mention ENDS Florida A and BL; JORDAN, Maryland SUte: DESMUKES. Langston: BYAN, South Carolina State; ROACH, Texas Southern; ROBINSON, Fisk. TACKLES MANX, Allen; RAYFIELD, Hampton; GABY, Morris Brown; CHILDEESS, Fralrle View; POINDEXTEB, VirglnU Union; MASON, North Carolina. GUARDS CmSlIOLM, St.

Augustine; CAMPBELL, Xa vter; MABIONEAX, Flak; PEYTON, Alcorn; COLMAN, Arkansas; CULVAR, Florida A. and ML CENTEKS KECIION, Florida A. and B2HSSETTE, Mrginia State; FUNDEBCUBKE, A. and T. BACKS BUSH, Tennessee ICKmSJrla Vkjr; MOSELY, Moris Brown; CLINTON, South CaroBna State; RASPEEERY, rune Cookman; THOMAS, Texas College; HINTON, Alabama A.

and lNEVESSON, Howard; CASEY, Hampton; HUFF, Benedict; 8MITO Arican uls; CARTER, Tennessee; Bryant, Xavler; ARNOLD, Fionas A. ssd I 7 no I Matthew maiden) 1 i. 1 mm BOOSHrlXT SWrWN I CCABO? i sou Ma Jt 7 1 ft rSv 'Y 5N VZX 'Z mA joox sA COTES 1 1 i. 1 VY 1 1 4 1 jr 7 On it 91 5 ffrV 1 Xtv4 5 S1. i i ill.