Football: One for the Stars

It was August, for goodness' sake, and the temperature in Chicago was still 85° at 9 p.m. For the World Champion Green Bay Packers, preseasonitis set in fast. Passes drifted, backs ran into blockers, and 250-lb. defense men hungrily eyed the oxygen tank beside the bench. But the heat wasn't nearly as hot as the youthful College All-Stars. On third down and three, with the ball on the All-Star 27, Wisconsin's Quarterback Ron VanderKelen dropped back and flipped a 20-yd. pass to End Pat Richter, who neatly sidestepped the Green Bay safety and sprinted 53 yds. for the winning...

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