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John Crow
Thursday, September 12, 1957
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Too Big
Too Fast
To Slop;
To Catch
Evex-yone’s All-American is John j
David Crow, senior halfback and
co-captain from Springhill, La.
Crow has been picked as pre-sea
son All-American by every na
tional poll.
As a sophomore, John was pla
gued with a leg injury, and missed
the TCU and Baylor games. His
excellent work, both offensive and
defensive earned him a slot on the
all-conference second-team.
In his junior year, Crow aver
aged 5.6 yards per carry for the
entire season. He was the SWC
scoring champion, crossing the
double stripe 10 times for 60
points, and was second in punt re
turns averaging 12.4 yards return
per punt received.
The Springhill halfback snared
three enemy aerials to place sec
ond in the interception department.
Although Crow is widely ac
claimed for his offense, he is rec
ognized by Bryant as being out
standing on defense. Crow loves
to tackle and can block with the
best of them.
John is 21 years old, married and
has a litle boy, John David, Jr.,
following in his daddy’s footsteps.
After one of the games last
year—one where Crow had his foot
in everyone’s back, one opponent
was heard to say “You never rea
lize how big that guy is until you
get run over by him; or how fast
he is until you try to catch him.”
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JOHN DAVID CROW
AGGIES PICKED
(Continued from Page 1)
GORDON LeBOEUF, of Port Neches, is one of A&M’s
most promising sophomores. Strengthening the fullback
spot, LeBoeuf is nearing the position of the fastest man
on the team.
1957 Grid Schedule
Crowley. Marks lettered for the
second time lust year, starting
most of the games and playing
forty quarters. Don is a transfer
from the over-laden backfield. Don
Smith, junior from Phillips will
play a lot at the end position, but
he could be pushed by sophomores
Paul Alexander, from Sherman or
Harold King from Crystal City.
The backfield is a picture of
versatility, speed, power, and un
tried depth. Roddy Osborne, Jim
my Wright and Charles Milstead
went through spring drills like
they all wanted to be number one
quarterback this fall.
Jimmy Wright, 175 pound pass
ing quarterback from Edinburg is
a two-year letterman and played
behind Osborne last year. He
can play first-string ball, and an
nounced in spring drills that he
would be first-string this fall.
He will have to withstand com
petition from one of the nation’s
best s o p h o m ore quarterbacks,
Charley Milstead. Charley was a
top prep quarterback at Tyler and
has more natural ability and poise
than most junior quarterbacks hope
to possess. He runs, kicks, passes
and loves to run the option play,
the bread and butter of the Split-T.
Halfbacks and fullbacks are
plentiful, but untested in combat.
Bobby Joe Conrad, senior from
Clifton is an all-purpose back, us
able anywhere. Carlos Esquivel,
from Edinburg, could supply depth.
John Crow will begin at left
half, with sophs vieing for any
position behind him. Gordon Le
Boeuf is a sophomore sensation
from Port Neches. He’s capable
of playing good ball, but hasn’t
shined yet. Dick Lewis, of Hous
ton Jeff Davis might see a lot of
action. Robert Sanders from Sea-
drift could help relieve Crow.
On the right side is the confer
ence’s most under-rated halfback^
Loyd Taylor of Roswell, N.M. He
does all the extra-point kicking and
runs with great speed and shifti-
Besides quarterback, the tackle
spots are the least of Coach Bry
ant’s worries. When you have an
All-American and three returning
lettermen, you find little need to
worry.
All-American choice Charley
Krueger, senior tvyo-year letter-
man from Caldwell is the top line
man on the squad and one of the
best tackles in the nation. He has
been picked on either the first or
second team of every national poll
for pre-season All-American picks.
Backing up Krueger in Jim Stan
ley, two-year senior letterman
from Lynch, Ky. As a sophomore,
Jim earned the .reputation for be
ing the meanest man in the South
west Conference, but last year he
cooled off and didn’t quite live up
to expectations.
The reason for this might be
that last year he played guard,
whereas his favorite position is
tackle. As a sophomore he was
second-team all-conference and
could be a unanimous selection for
honors this fall if his ‘mean streak’
returns.
The most improved lineman on
the squad is Kenneth Beck, junior
letterman tackle from M'inden, La.
As a sophomore, Beck had to lick
the weight problem before he was
aide to log 31 quarters of playing
time.
Beck is very quick for his. size
and has a lot of aggressiveness. He
will be in contention for a starting
berth.
At the other tackle is A. L.
Simmons, senior letterman from
San Antonio. A. L. played enough
to letter last fall, but needs im
provement and will be hard press
ed by ambitious sophs.
Bill Appeit is another tackle
who may see a lot of action if im
provement is evident. He was
switched from end after being held
out last season. Bill is a junior
college transfer from Hallettsville
and is' the lightest of the tackles
at 185.
Robert Garner, soph tackle pros
pect from Palestine may still be a
year away from SWC competition,
but could work his way into a
playing spot.
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Maryland at Dallas, 3 p.m. (TV)
Texas Tech at Lubbock, 8 p.m.
Missouri at Columbia, 1:30 p.m.
Houston at College Station, 8 p.m.
TCU at Fort Worth, 2 p.m.
Baylor at College Station, 2 p.m.
Arkansas at Fayetteville, 2 p.m.
SMU at College Station, 8 p.m.
Rice at Houston, 2 p.m.
Texas at College Station, 1:30 (TV)
ness. He has ruined Rice’s hopes still there.
Few Open Losses
In 61) Years Play
In 60 years of competition on
the gridiron, the Aggies have lost
only seven opening games.
Opening game defeats were to
Houston University (not Cougars)
10-0, in 1897; Howard Payne, 13-7
in 1922; LSU, 34-14 in 1942; Villa-
nova, 34-14 in 1948; Villanova, 35-
0 in 1949; Texas Tech, 41-9, in
1954; and UCLA, 21-0 in 1955.
The most lop-sided opening
game victory by the Aggies was
in 1920 when the Cadets tore Dan
iel Baker, 110-0. The largest
crowd to see a home opener was
in 1949, 27,000. The UCLA open
er in 1955 was the largest for any
opener, 65,343.
MEAN JIM STANLEY will be frightening many oppon
ents this year from the tackle spot for the Aggies. He
tries to make the holes in the line big enough for the
popular “truck” so that the fast backs won’t have any
trouble going through.
WORTH IT?
cost George Frederick Williams a_
$20 fine. Tulsa police said Wil
liams, 20, crawled through a hotel
room transsom arid planted a kiss
on the cheek of a teenaged girl.
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AGGIE OWNED
CHARLES KRUEGER
for the past two years and been
outstanding in many varsity
games. If anyone can be called
all-conference material, it would
have to be Loyd.
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ant’s hopped-up tractor has never
been driven. There are a lot of
new gadgets, but the power is
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