THE BATTALION
Wednesday, August 5, 1970
College Station, Texas
Page 5
Juniors key offense
Leonard Forey Ted Smith Mike Fields Andy Philley
Eight juniors
to key No. 1
Aggie offense
Eight juniors will key the Ag
gie No. 1 offense into the ’70
season.
The first unit, at the close of
spring practice, had Marc Black
at fullback and Clifford Thomas
at right halfback.
Black, a returning starter, stands
6-3 and weight 210. He was grad
uated from New Mexico Military
Institute in Roswell, N. M. Black
was named All-city, All-district,
All-state, and All-America tail
back for two years under Coach
Marshall Brown and W. B. Seek
er. He also set the state javelin
record and three other school
records. He lettered at fullback
last year.
Thomas, a one year varsity let-
terman, was an All-district full
back-linebacker at Tahoka High.
He also made All-district in bas
ketball and went to the state
meet in hurdles and broad jump.
He lettered as a sophomore at
halfback.
Joe Mac King, a letterman,
finished the spring practice as
the No. 2 quarterback. King was
an All-East Texas quarterback at
Mineola High. He also played
basketball and ran track.
The competition was hot and
heavy at the halfback slots in the
spring, especially where letter-
man Steve Burks was in the pic
ture. Burks, an All-district, All
state halfback at Dumas High,
!was also a 9.6 sprinter in track.
He won a varsity letter last year
as tailback.
Tightening up the offensive line
as juniors Leonard Forey, Andy
Philley, Mike Fields, and Ted
Smith.
Forey was an All-district cen
ter-defensive guard at Nederland
High. He started every game last
year at offensive guard and
made the second team All-SWC.
Smith played football, basket
ball and baseball at Westbury
High in Houston. He was captain
of the football team and was
named most valuable player and
outstanding lineman, both offen-
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