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Coleman Stars in Post-Season Tilt
Ey Russ Corbitt
(Assistant Sports Editor)
Thousands of sports fans spent the last two weeks in front of their television sets watching some of the nation's best collegiate football players show their skills in the many post-season bowl games.
KU's representative to the college all-star games, Ken Coleman, senior fullback, gave the rest of the nation a sample of the caliber of football played in the Big Eight conference.
COLEMAN CARRIED 15 times for 50 yards in the Blue-Gray game at Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 28, and was named offensive star of the game for the North team. The South won the game, 21-14, however, on a late fourth-quarter touchdown.
fourth quarter.
One week later, Coleman played the entire game on the North defensive unit in the Senior Bowl at Mobile, Ala. Joe Don Looney, former Oklahoma fullback who was signed by the New York Giants, was the only fullback used by the North on offense. The South again came out on top, scoring a 28-21 win.
Looney, who was dropped from the Sooner squad this year for disciplinary reasons, apparently had more respect for his teammates in the Senior Bowl.
Ken Coleman
"He seemed all right and got along with everyone." Coleman said. "He was slipping and sliding on the muddy field, so I would hate to compare his game Saturday with his playing at OU."
COLEMAN SAID Detroit Lion coach George Wilson, who coached the North team in the Senior Bowl, told him the first day of practice that he would be used strictly on the defensive unit.
Coleman said he could not say which game was the toughest because he played offense in one game and defense in the other. But he did admit that he played with and against some great football players.
"I had a lot of fun playing defense, but I think I would have enjoyed playing some on offense," he said.
"Burrell of Mississippi State really impressed me," Coleman said. "He is not a big man or a power runner, but he's quick."
Lloyd Voss and John Kirby of Nebraska, and Vince Turner of Missouri also played for the North. Turner was the man who caught Coleman's fumble in the end zone in the KU-MU game this year, and raced 101 yards for the touchdown that beat KU.
"I ROOMED WITH Vince at Mobile," Coleman laughed. "He thanked me all week, and I think he told everyone we met about the game." Coleman, a senior in the School of Business, plans to graduate in June, but said he has not yet received any offers from professional football teams.
"I doubt if I will get any offers now," he said. "It is getting a little late."
"Professional ball_seems and sounds exciting, but I am not positive I want to play. It would depend on what they had to say."
COLEMAN FINISHED HIS career at KU as the greatest ground-gaining fullback in the school's history. He said he thought next year should be a pretty good one for Coach Jack Mitchell's Jayhawks.
with another year of experience behind them."
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"I think things look pretty bright for next year," he said. "They will only lose Sartore, Quatrochi and Roberts in the line. Otherwise, they will have about the same personnel
The only losses in the backfield will be at fullback and slot-back. Fullbacks Coleman and Armand Baughman graduate, as does Tony Leiker.
Coleman said he thought Bill Gerhards, Richard Bacon and freshman Jim Pilch should be able to fill the fullback gap.
"I also heard something about the possibility of moving Mike Johnson to fullback," Coleman said, "but I don't know if there is anything to the rumor."
SMU Loss KU's Gain
By Roy Miller (Sports Editor)
There is a growing suspicion that this may be the year KU will break Oklahoma's grip on the Big Eight Conference swimming championship.
Dick Reamon, KU's swimming coach, highly impressed with his team's work to date, remains optimistic about his team's chances to win the conference title. Reamon also has received some unconfirmed reports that the Sooners, perennial league victors, will be weaker this year than in past seasons.
A great deal of KU's title hopes depends on Mike Downey, junior transfer from Southern Methodist University.
"HE COULD MEAN the difference between a close conference second and a strong first," Reamon says. "He could prove to be best all-round tankman KU has had in years.
"He works hard all the time, always giving his best. Downey is well-liked. He's a team leader."
Downey was a two-time state champion for Coffeyville High School. He won the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly events in the state high school meet as a junior and the butterfly race as a senior.
HE RECEIVED PREP all-America honors and, upon graduation, enrolled at Southern Methodist.
SMU is a Southwest swimming power, having won the championship the last six straight years. Downey worked out in swimming at SMU as a freshman, then transferred to KU as a sophomore.
"I'd originally planned to give up swimming when I transferred here," Downey says. "I got pretty tired of swimming competitively so long, but I changed my mind."
Downey started swimming on the Coffeville city swim team when he was 12. His coach on that team and in high school was John Charlesworth.
"I give him most of the credit for my ability." Downey said.
KU meets Iowa State here Monday. The Cyclones placed third in the Big Eight meet last year behind the Sooners and Nebraska.
According to Reamon, the Cyclones strong events are the butterfly, individual medley and diving.
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