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The Fighting Ostriches · week 14 · 1979

The long way round: H. Whistleman goes for 165

Dez Cruikshank, team beat

Hoyt Whistleman QB
The Fighting Ostriches

H. Whistleman had 165 yards. He was a walk-on at Hollisburg who did not have a scholarship until his third year. Two of them found the end zone, in game 9 of his season. It counts the same as anybody else's.

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