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SATURDAY'S HEROES
Don Parker
September 24, 1956
The heavily armored athletes shown on the following four pages might not look like football players to Walter Camp, but it was he who thought up the honor they now covet—All-America
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September 24, 1956

Saturday's Heroes

The heavily armored athletes shown on the following four pages might not look like football players to Walter Camp, but it was he who thought up the honor they now covet—All-America

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Pittsburgh has Quarterback Corny Salvaterra, a threat with both the run and the pass, returning from last year's Sugar Bowl team to guide the revived Panthers in long and severe schedule.

Halfbacks galore are the news from the talented, rich Southwestern, Big Seven and Big Ten conferences. Three cases in point are (top to bottom): TCU's Jim Swink, Oklahoma's Tommy-McDonald, Michigan State's Walt Kowalczyk.

Georgia Tech again boasts Quarterback Wade Mitchell, shown during 1956 Sugar Bowl.

Tennessee, home of the single wing, has (I. to r.) Quarterback Johnny Majors, End Buddy Cruze, Captain and Tackle John Gordy as vital part of Vols' renascence in Southeast Conference under Coach Bowden Wyatt, now in his second year at his alma mater.

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