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Wednesday, September 11,1985/The Battalion/Page 19
No. 12's now out of style
for today's quarterback
This column is dedicated to
Dallas Morning News sports col
umnist Blackie Sherrod.
Why?
Because I’m about to begin
“scattershooting, while wonder
ing whatever happened to ...” —
Battalion style.
This column idea came to me
in my sleep the other night, so try
not to laugh.
i It may seem trivial, and I al
most guarantee it is, but whatever
happened to NFL quarterbacks
who wear the No. 12?
During the 1970s, most quar
terbacks, or at least the good
ones, looked naked to me, unless
they had a “12” emblazoned on
their jersey.
Where are all the “No. 12’s” in
pro ball today? There aren’t
many. In fact, here’s a trivia ques
tion: Who’s the only starting
quarterback left in tne league
who wears No. 12? Answer at the
end of the column.
OK trivia buffs, here’s a run
down of the best-known players
in the NFL’s “No. 12 Club":
Roger Staubach — Dallas Cow
boys.
Dallas retired “Roger the Dod
ger’s” jersey a few years back and
who can blame them? Staubach’s
name also appears on the Cow
boys’ Ring of Honor in Texas Sta
dium. He wore No. 12 during his
Heisman Trophy days at the Na
val Academy, too.
Charlie Johnson — St. Louis
Cardinals.
“Charlie Who?” you ask. You
know, Charlie Johnson. He’s the
y that led the Cards before Jim
art. Hart probably would have
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picked No. 12 if he hadn’t been a
rookie. So he got 17 instead.
Thanks a lot Charlie.
Doug Williams — Tampa Bay
Bucaneers.
Williams wore No. 12 for the
Bucs. Williams wore No. 12 for
the former Oklahoma, now Ari
zona Outlaws. What is Williams
wearing now?
John Brodie — San Francisco
49ers.
Brodie wasn’t exactly the great
est quarterback in the world. Bro
die wasn’t exactly the greatest
anything in the world, but he’s in
the club because he wore No. 12.
He also played during the ’70s
and that helps prove my point.
He probably should be black
balled for treason, since he covers
golf tournaments now.
Bob Griese — Miami Dolphins.
Griese should be vice-president
no doubt. Griese also wore No. 12
during his days as a Purdue Boi
lermaker. He’s the only quar
terback I’ve ever seen that actu
ally wore his good eye glasses
during a game. That’s class.
Joe Namath — New York Jets
and Los Angeles Rams.
“Broadway Joe” wore No. 12
for a reason I think. Long-time
Jets’ coach Weeb Ewbanks
wanted a simple, but effective
way to remind Namath when cur
few was.
Joe Ferguson — Buffalo Bills.
Ferguson had all the right tools
coming out of Arkansas. Fergu
son picked the right number —
12. But, unfortunately for Fergu
son, he chose the wrong team to
for an NFL career.
Terry Bradshaw — Pittsburgh
Steelers.
Bradshaw should be consid
ered the maverick of the club. He
probably didn’t know what his
number was and he probably
didn’t care. The one thing
Bradshaw did care about was be
ing a Steeler and winning Super
Bowls. That was obvious on at
least four occassions.
Ken Stabler — Oakland Raid
ers, Houston Oilers and New Or
leans Saints.
Stabler’s a disgrace to the club.
Not because he’s a bad player, but
because he changed numbers be
tween the Oilers and Saints and
he didn’t have to. He wore No. 12
as a Raider and as an Oiler, but
switched to 16, of all things, as a
Saint. It’s also ironic that Stabler
finished his career as a Saint.
Lord knows, thAt’s as close as he’ll
get.
Lynn Dickey — Green Bay
Packers.
Who can forget Dickey, al
though it’s easy to try. Dickey
wore No. 10 when he broke into
the league with the Houston Oil
ers. That was 14 years, umpteen
teams and a couple of knee surge
ries ago. He seems to have found
a home in Lombardi Land
though, and, in all likelihood, will
end his career there.
Dickey is also the only starting
quarterback in the NFL to cur
rently wear the No. 12. He knows
a good number when he sees one.
Knepper still has Giants’ number
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Bob Knet
came the winningest
pitcher in Astro history when he
pitched a three-hitter Tuesday night
to defeat the San Francisco Giants 4-
.nepper be-
left-nanded
“Not all of us can set historical
baseball records but it’s nice to set a
team record,” Knepper said, after he
recorded his 48th win in his fifth
season as an Astro. “It won’t get me
in the Hall of Fame, but it feels
good. It’s nice to stay in a place long
enough to set a record.”
Knepper continued his mastery of
his former team, the Giants, increas
ing his record to 3-0 this year and 8-
4 overall.
Knepper, 13-10, pitched his
fourth complete game of the season,
did not walk a batter, struck out six
and retired the last 14 San Francisco
batters in order.
The win is Knepper’s fifth in his
last six decisions and he attributes
his recent success to a more assertive
pitching style.
“My last four or five games I’ve
changed my approach to pitching.
I’ve thrown a lot of fastballs and
been more aggressive,” Knepper
said.
Kevin Bass backed Knepper with
a two-run single in Houston’s three-
run fourth inning. Knepper also had
a run-scoring infield single in the
fourth.
Other Tuesday games:
(Home team in capitals)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at SEATTLE (n)
TORONTO 2, Detroit 1
New York 13, MILWAUKEE 10
Kansas City at CALIFORNIA (n)
Baltimore 7-4, BOSTON 5-3
CHICAGO 7, Twins 2
Texas at OAKLAND (n)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 3, CINCINNATI 2
Los Angeles 10-10, ATLANTA 1-4
NEW YORK 5, St. Louis 4
PITTSBURGH 2, Cubs 1
PHILADELPHIA 5, Montreal 2
It was Houston’s 11th win in 13
games.
Mike Krukow, 8-11, was the loser,
going 3 2/3 innings and giving up
three runs on four hits before leav
ing the game with an injury to his
right thumb which he suffered on
Knepper’s hit.
The Giants took a 1-0 lead in the
fourth when Chris Brown slammed
his 15th homer of the season.
Houston rallied to take a 3-1 lead
in the bottom of the inning. A single
by Jose Cruz and walks to Phil Gar
ner and Mark Bailey loaded the
bases with two outs. Knepper then
hit a ground ball that struck Krukow
on the thumb and careened away for
an infield single that scored Cruz.
Frank Williams then relieved the
injured Krukow and Bass singled
home Garner and Bailey.
The Astros added a run in the
fifth after Denny Walling led off
with a double and scored on first
baseman David Green’s fielding er
ror on a ground ball by Jerry
Mumphrey.
The win was Houston’s ninth
straight over the Giants in the Astro
dome dating back to August 7, 1984
and the 17th in their last 19 games
with San Francisco.
The Astros are in fourth place in
the National League West, 14 games
behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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