Tuesday, October 21, 2014

1969 Profiles: Pete Lammons and Bake Turner

PETE LAMMONS
Tight End
No. 87
Texas
"It is third-and-six and Joe Namath calls for a pass play. Sitting back in his pocket he sees Don Maynard, his primary receiver, is double-covered; on the other side, his secondary target George Sauer is being guarded too carefully. So he pump-fakes once, looks for Pete Lammons, and drills home a first down pass.
Serving as an emergency receiver has served Lammons well. He's ranked among the better tight ends in the league, and one of the most productive ones. Last season he collected 32 passes for 400 yards and three touchdowns. In 1967 he led everyone at his position with 45 receptions for 515 yards. At 6-3 and 255 pounds, he throws his weight around on running plays.
Now in his fourth pro season, Pete played his college ball at Texas."

-Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1969


BAKE TURNER
Split End-Kick Returner-Punter
No. 29
Texas Tech
Bake does most of the kick returning for New York. In 1965 he was seventh in the AFL in kick returns (18) and eighth in both kick return yards (402) and kick return average (22.3). Bake was an AFL All-Star when he joined the Jets as an end in 1963, finishing third in the league in receptions (71) and fifth in receiving yards (1,009). He's still useful to the club as a spare receiver.

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