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Sports Del Rio News-Herald Sunday, Ftbruary 12A Almanac Awards Moon garners NFL's Most Valuable Player Award Second Oiler to win Thorpe Trophy By Rohinson In N.itmn.il League, when offrnsr more than six y.inls play, your quarter back rniiM 1 something right In the inn and sh'xil s( hemp of the Houston Warren Moon does a lot (if i Moon led the NFI. with 33 touch down passes in IC90 and threw for a league leading 1 689 yards, the fifth best total in tin history of the NFI, As the star of the league's most explosive offen--( Moon is the winner of the World Mman.ir Jim Thorpe Trophy The ttopln. originated in hy Knterprise Association, is pro oldest MVP award 'Warren has tli.it confidence that all the yreat ones have and he's a tough guy. Houston coach Parilec a student of the game He is a wofkei never the last on" in or the first one out And. he is a winner Moon led ttie oilers to a 97 record 1990 and a in the AFC playoffs With the old veteran showing way Houston wound up first in the NFI.

in letal yards per game, passing yards per game, first downs per game, aver per offensive play and thin! i efficiency At fi feet ir a- 210 pounds. M.ion is T' 1 si md up to a lot i e's also mobile to rvi'iV wonld he tacklers. He to gain 215 yards on the ground and score two touchdowns Moon tossed five TI) passes in a game twice in 1990 against AFC Central rivals Cincinnati and Cleveland He finished with nine 300-yard games The tngh point of Moons season came in Week 14, the low point, in Week 15 Against Kansas City on 16, the Oiler gH tossed for a career-high 527 yards the second most in NFL history He also passed for three TDs, including a career-test 87 yarder. Against Cincinnati on LH-c 23, he completed a TI) pass for the 13th straight game but was sidelined for the vear with .1 dislocated thumb Bednarik, Len Dawson, Ray Nitsohke and Pete Pihos Moon was named on 32 percent of the ballots in the most widely scattered MVP voting since the NFLPA began making the Thorpe selection Eight other players received votes, with last year's winner, Joe Montana of San Francisco, finishing second. Randall Cunningham of Philadelphia and Barry Sanders of Detroit tied for third The last time a member of the Oil- ers received the award was 1980, when Earl Campbell won it for the third year in a row Moon, a seven-year NFL star out of the University of Washington, is the first player in history to throw for more than 20,000 yards in two professional leagues.

He now has 22,989 yafds in the NFL, slightly more than the 21,228 he previously logged in the Canadian Football League, where he spent the first six seasons of his pro career with the Edmonton Eskimos. Previous winners of the World Jim Thorpe Trophy for the NFL's Most Valuable Player: 1955 MARLON HILL, Chicago. 1956 FRANK GIFFORD, NY Giants 1957: JOHN UNITAS, Baltimore. 1958 JIM BROWN. Cleveland.

1959: CHARLEY CONERLY. NY Giants 1960: NORM VAN BROCKLIN, Philadelphia. 1961: Y.A. TITTLE, N.Y. Giants.

1962: JIM TAYLOR, Green Bay. 1963 (tie). JIM BROWN, Cleveland, and Y.A. TITTLE, N.Y. Giants 1964: LENNY MOORE, Baltimore.

1965 JIM BROWN, Cleveland 1966 BART STARR, Green Bay. 1967 JOHN UNITAS, Baltimore 1968 EARL MORRALL, Baltimore. 1969 ROMAN GABRIEL, Los Angeles. 1970: JOHN BRODIE, San Francisco 1971: BOB GRIESE, Miami. 1972 LARRY BROWN, Washington.

1973 0 SIMPSON, Buffalo. 1974: KEN STABLER, Oakland. 1975: FRAN TARKENTON, Minnesota. 1971: BERT JONES, Baltimore. 1977: WALTER PAYTON, Chicago.

1978: EARL CAMPBELL, Houston. 1979: EARL CAMPBELL, Houston. 1980: EARL CAMPBELL, Houston. 1981: KEN ANDERSON, Cincinnati. 1982: DAN POUTS, San Diego 1913: JOE THEISMANN, Washington.

1984. DAN MARINO, Miami. 1985: WALTER PAYTON, Chicago. 1986: PHIL SIMMS, N.Y. Giants.

1987: JERRY RICE, San Francisco. 1988: ROGER CRAIG, San Francisco. 1989: JOE MONTANA, San Francisco. mi. NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN Eric Green ranks tops among NFL rookies Mt'OY quarterback ot the Houston Oilers, is the Will winner the Almanac SKA Jim Thorpe Trophy, which is given to the most valuable plaxer in the National Football League The Thorpe winner is selected annually on behalf of The World Almanac, its publisher.

Pharos Books, and its 140 co-sponsoring newspapers The results were distributed by NEA to more than 600 U.S. dailies." The trophy is presented by the Jim Thorpe Athletic Club of Oklahoma City A Sac and Fox Indian from Oklahoma Thorpe O888-1953) has been called America's greatest athlete and football player of the early 20th century He was also the first president of what later became tho NFL. For the fourth consecutive year, balloting for the Thorpe Trophy was conducted by the NFL Players Association Votes were cast by the 28 players who serve on the NFLPA's board of directors (one from each team) and by eight Hall of Famers: Ken Houston, Paul Hornung, Jack Ham, Dick "Night Train" Lane, Chuck Bills' Bruce Smith named NFL's defensive MVP Steeler receives Bert Bell Trophy By George Robinson NEW YORK (NEA) When his top draft pick didn't report until after the first game of the regular season, Pittsburgh Steeler head coach Chuck Noll was understandably disturbed. He predicted that the new kid wouldn't "be of any value" in 1990. Was Noll just trying to motivate Eric Green? If so, he succeeded.

The 6-foot-5, 274-pound tight end from Liberty University is the winner of The World Almanac's Bert Bell Trophy, awarded since 1964 to the NFL's top rookie. The award was originated by Newspaper Enterprise Association. "I'm surprised he's come as far as he has without training camp," admitted Noll long after the newcomer's contract holdout. Green's strong play helped the Steelers to a 9-7 record in the AFC Central Division The Bel) Trophy is presented on behalf of The World Almanac, its publisher. Pharos Books, and its 140 cosponsoring newspapers.

'The results were announced by NEA to more than 600 U.S. daily newspapers. After missing the first regular-season game and then two more while learning the new system installed by offensive coordinator Joe Walton, the rookie delivered. In just 13 games. Green caught 34 for 387 yards HJS seven touchdown catches led all NFL tight ends and all AFC rookies In only his second game on the ac- As it turned out, Walton and Green were a perfect match.

The veteran coach has always made his tight ends an integral part of his passing game. More than that, the big new Steeler is also an effective blocker. Noll was suitably impressed by Green's blocking ability, of course, but even more by his poise on the line. "You didn't know whether he was going to be able to play against guys like Andre Tippett, linebackers of that stature, or the big defensive linemen in this league," said Noll at the end of the season. He added: "The big thing you saw in college was his ability to catch the football.

His blocking was something you had to project." The previous winners of the Bert Bell Trophy, awarded by The World Almanac to the NFL's outstanding rookie: 1964: CHARLIE TAYLOR, Washington 1965: GALE SAVERS, Chicago. 1966: TOMMY NOBIS, Atlanta. 1967: MEL FARR, Detroit. 1968: EARL McCULLOUCH, Detroit. 1969: CAL- VIN HILL, Dallas.

1970: RAYMOND CHESTER, land. 1971: JIM PLUNKETT, New England (AFC); JOHN BROCKINGTON, Green Bay (NFC). 1972: FRANCO HARRIS, Pittsburgh (AFC); WILLIE BUCHANON, Green Bay (NFC). 1973: BOOBIE CLARK, Cincinnati (AFC); CHUCK FOREMAN, Minnesota (NFC). 1974: DON WOODS, San Diego.

1975: ROBERT BRAZILE, Houston (AFC); STEVE BARTKOWSKI, Atlanta (NFC). 1976: MIKE HAYNES, New England (AFC); SAMMY WHITE, Minnesota (NFC). 1977: TONY DORSETT, Dallas. 1978: EARL CAMPBELL, Houston. 1979: OTTIS ANDERSON, St.

Louis. 1980: BILLY SIMS, Detroit. 1981: LAWRENCE TAYLOR, N.Y. Giants. 1982: MARCUS ALLEN, L.A.

Raiders. 1983: ERIC DICKERSON, L.A. Rams. 1984: LOUIS LIPPS, Pittsburgh. 1985: EDDIE BROWN, Cincinnati.

19M: RUEBEN MAYES, New Orleans. 1987: BO JACKSON, L.A. Raiders. 1988: JOHN STEPHENS, New England. 1989: BARRY SANDERS, Detroit.

iwi. NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN KRH (iRKKN. tight end tor the Pitts burgh Sieelers, is the 19911 winner of The World Almanac's Bert Bell Trophy, awarded annually to the best rookie in the Sational Football League. live roster, Green scored two touchdowns against San Diego. The following week, he scored three more against Denver.

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