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Being NEXT

By Interviews by Cal Fussman

Monday, December 9, 2002

How does it feel when everybody thinks you're 'Next'? Some who made it, some who didn't (and a few witnesses) answer that question in their own words. *** JOE NAMATH He was the first marquee player of the upstart AFL. He came back from a late-season broken jaw to be Super Bowl III's MVP. But then, Broadway Joe could always take a hit. Every summer, the Beaver Falls [Pa.] High team went off to camp for a week or two to prepare for the coming season. They took about 70 players. The names of th ...

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