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- Wide receiver Lance
- Alworth looked as sleek as
- a deer when he leaped
- into the air for a catch.
- A teammate nicknamed
- him "Bambi."
-
- Lance grew up in Mississippi, and was a top
- high school baseball and football player. At
- the University of Arkansas, he made the
- Academic All-America team every season
- and lettered in track, baseball, and football.
-
- After signing with the San Diego Chargers in
- 1961, Lance set what was then a record by
- catching at least one pass in 96 consecutive
- games. (Art Monk set the current record
- of 180 games, through the 1994
- season.) He was the only American
-