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  1.                                  gained every time he ran
  2.                                  with the football.
  3.  
  4.                                  Jim was an outstanding 
  5.                                  athlete in football, basket-
  6. ball, baseball, and lacrosse at Manhasset
  7. High School in New York. At a North-South
  8. lacrosse all-star game, several coaches 
  9. called Jim the best lacrosse player the 
  10. country had ever produced. 
  11.  
  12. At Syracuse University, in New York, Jim 
  13. received All-America honors in both football 
  14. and lacrosse. He participated in track, placing
  15. fifth in the national decathlon championships.
  16. In 1956, he set a major-college football 
  17. record when he scored six touchdowns, 
  18. kicked seven extra points, and ran for 
  19. 197 yards in a single game. His 43 
  20.  
  21.