Galloping Gale
Writes Story With His Feet
By Ernie Ballweg
The Kansas Comet—Galloping Gale—The Phi Beta Kappa with his feet—All aptly used cliches to describe the amazing abilities of former KU halfback Gale Sayers, who is currently writing the greatest success story for a rookie in the history of professional football.
Sayers, who has astounded football fans all season with his tremendous running skills, climaxed his great rookie year last Sunday by scoring six touchdowns in one game against the San Francisco 49ers. Only one other athlete in the history of professional football, Hail of Fame great, Ernie Nevers, had been able to accomplish this feat previously.
In addition to tying the single game touchdown mark, Sayers' outburst, which gives him 21 touchdowns for the season with one game left to play, propelled him past the former National Football League seasonal touchdown record of 20. His touchdowns have been scored in every conceivable manner—runs from scrimmage, pass receptions, and on kick off and punt returns. All this in his rookie season.
SAYERS' STORY actually began as the son of poor parents in Omaha, Neb. Gifted with blinding speed, Sayers soon attracted college coaches throughout the country as he broke all existing
records at his Omaha high school, before finally selecting KU.
While at KU, Sayers was largely responsible for any success which the Jayhawks had. Big Eight records tumbled like tenpins before the onslaught of Sayers' fabulous feet. Perhaps Sayers' effect on KU students was best demonstrated by one of his few collegiate failures, rather than one of his many successes. Late in the fourth quarter of last year's Big Eight title game with Nebraska, Sayers dropped the possible game winning pass while being all alone ahead of the Nebraska defender. The KU fans, who are not regarded as being the kindest in the Big Eight, rose and gave Gale one of the most resounding ovations ever heard in Memorial Stadium.
SAYERS himself modestly admits that he has room for improvement. "I still have trouble picking up my blockers," he said.
What do the NFL players think of Sayers' abilities? "He's out of sight." said 49er defensive back El Kimbrough. "He's the greatest runner I've ever seen and that includes Jimmy Brown. He's not a power runner like Brown, but man, who needs power the way he runs?"
Despite Gale's athletic success, he has not discounted the values of an education. At a recent speaking engagement to a pack
of Boy Scouts, Sayers described the unhappiness of a man who had turned down the opportunity to go to college and had ended up as a car polisher. After the laughter had subsided Sayers went on to add, "That man is my father."
Alumni Files Computerized
As the size of KU increases each year, the number of KU alumni also increases.
To keep track of these graduates is the job of the KU Alumni Association, and to aid them in this monumental task, the Alumni Association is modernizing its system of records and mailing stencils.
The purchase of a new computer now makes conversion of the alumni records possible. Use of electronic equipment and computer tape systems for alumni records will facilitate the research of departments, schools, and classes.
Conversion of the records system on all alumni will require about nine months of work to research KU files for complete information. Eventually, several sets of records will be eliminated and more detailed and up-to-date records of alumni will be available for official KU and alumni use.
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