[CowboyIndian]

Pretty damned good football player, too. A lot better than Pete Rozelle, for instance, who is on the list.

Here's an article about the '51 Stanford-$C game:
http://stanford.scout.com/story/1008370-...ord-vs-usc

Meanwhile...in the "twas ever thus" category:

"After winning his first Olympic decathlon gold medal at the London Games at the age of
seventeen in 1948, just after graduating from high school, Bob Mathias gained a provisional
acceptance at Stanford University, contingent on his improving his English grades. "

[CowboyIndian]

Pretty damned good football player, too. A lot better than Pete Rozelle, for instance, who is on the list.

Here's an article about the '51 Stanford-$C game:
http://stanford.scout.com/story/1008370-...ord-vs-usc

Meanwhile...in the "twas ever thus" category:

"After winning his first Olympic decathlon gold medal at the London Games at the age of
seventeen in 1948, just after graduating from high school, Bob Mathias gained a provisional
acceptance at Stanford University, contingent on his improving his English grades. "