HUBERT BOBO
Middle Linebacker
No. 57
Ohio State
Hubert is a steady linebacker with a willingness to hit. Stabilizing the Titan defense again in his second year while playing all 14 games, he made four interceptions for 57 yards returned, including a return of 26 yards.
As a collegian, Hubert starred as a sophomore fullback on an Ohio State team that played in the Rose Bowl.
LARRY GRANTHAM
Linebacker
No. 60
Mississippi
"If a linebacker who's less than 200 pounds is a rarity than Larry Grantham must be a phenom. No ordinary toiler is this 25-year-old Crystal Springs, Mississippi head-cracker, who comes in at 195 and hits with the authenticity of a 220-pounder. An All-League choice for three years, he's considered the best tackler at his post and is seldom guilty of allowing a runner or pass-receiver to escape his grasp.
Slated for end duties as a '60 rookie, he was never permitted to display his offensive wares once the coaches noticed his sharpness on defense."
-Don Schiffer, Pro Football 1963
"Larry's listed as a linebacker but weighs 30 pounds less than the norm for the job. Since he's too valuable to keep out of the lineup, New York compensates for his lack of size by flopping him over to play always on the side of the split end. Larry has the reflexes to become an extra peg in the pass defense, and the fiery will to stop huge fullbacks in their tracks on runs.
Last season he was All-AFL."
-1963 Fleer No. 20
ED COOKE
Linebacker
No. 82
Maryland
"Ed Cooke feared it was all over as a pro when the Colts released him at the start of the 1960 season. But the 26-year-old Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) hounder of passers was certain he could find a job at defensive end or tackle, and his confidence has gained him permanence as a Titan. Ed's quite valuable in a number of positions and it's possible that he'll hold forth at the left linebacking slot."
-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook
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