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by tf86 (2022-05-20 11:47:58)
Edited on 2022-05-20 11:51:43

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This was the class that entered ND the same year I did. I believe you forgot Ray Carter from this class, there may have been others.

Allen Pinkett, although not a Parade AA, made the most immediate contribution as a freshman. Tony Furjanic cracked the starting lineup by his sophomore year. You could see from the beginning that he was a monster hitter. Hal Von Wyl, projected as the earliest contributor by Terranova, never quite lived up to that billing. For most of his career, he was behind first Mike Johnston (fellow Rochester, NY native) and later John Carney. He had a stronger leg than Johnston, but not nearly as accurate. Carney's leg was as strong and much more accurate than Von Wyl. Von Wyl did supplant Johnston for kickoffs by the end of freshman year, but that was about it.

Ray Makiejus lived in Stanford Hall with me. He couldn't type, so he used to pay me to type his papers (this was in the era before computers became widespread).

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