Gridiron.

Marauders · week 6 · 1978

35 years old, 12.2 a week

Ruth Fairbanks, features

Nolan Neely RB
Marauders

There is a version of this where Nolan Neely retired two years ago. Instead he is 35 and averaging 12.2. He reads Normal, which makes the mileage harder to explain, not easier.

The ledger, after two seasons: 3,380 yards, twenty-one scores. He has done it in two buildings.

He is from Bellwether, Ohio. He is the first man in the building most mornings. The route here: found at a regional combine by a scout whose flight had been cancelled.

Marauders, 5-1, and six weeks gone. Emmett Quarles is new. The contract runs out in the spring.

One more thing: he has worn the same undershirt since his rookie year and had it repaired twice.

This feature ran in the paper in week 6 of 1978. The rest of the season is there too.

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