USD Football 1992

The National Guard: The Quiet Force. P aul Warfield has always been among specia l company. Be it as a wide receiver and big play man extraor– The '72 Dolphins featured cool, steady quarterback Bob Griese, powerful running backs Larry Csonka and Jim K.iick, speedy Mercury Morris, the balding little kicker with the funny name, Garo Yepremian, and the unheralded, yet superb defense famous for no name (" The No-Name Defense"), all brought together by legendary coach Don Shula. Then, of course, there was Paul Warfield. Paul Warfield was the No. I pick ofthe Cleveland Browns in 1964. Warfield, a first-round pick of the Cleveland Browns in 1964 out of Ohio State, was Bob Griese's favorite target, and Miami's game breaker. Opposing defenses knew his name, and the threat he posed. Every time he left the line of scrimmage he commanded, and always received, their respect. No matter how wel l they held number 42 in check, Dolphins' opponents always knew where the ball was going when the game was on the line. Warfield always came up big, and he came up even bigger in post season, catching at least one pass in all 18 playoff games he played (good for I,12 1 yards, third best total of all time) in his 13-year career with Cleveland and Miami. Warfield always seemed to be getting up with the ball in front of the first– down marker or, if necessary, in the end zone. In his own quiet way Paul Warfield had done it again. Quiet, yet determined, efficient, dependable and most of all, when it mattered, un toppable. A quiet force. That was Paul Warfield, wide receiver; 1983 NFL Hall of Fame inductee; National Guardsman. You shouldn't be surprised that Paul Warfield was in the National Guard. He simply took all of the characteristics that made him a 5-time All-Pro ( 197 1-75; he even caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from Bob Griese, no less, in the '75 Pro Bowl) and NFL Hall of Farner- strength, determination , quick and decisive thought processes, and a solid work ethic-and fou nd a common ground to channel them by serving in the National Guard. The Guard provides the same quiet yet efficient presence in defense of America and her shores and commands the same respect from nations around the world that Paul Warfield commanded from defen– sive backs in the NFL. The members of the National Guard, true to its credo, are "Americans At Their Best." dinare on the only team in FL history to go unbeaten and untied , the 1972 Miami Dolphins- football at its best-or as a mem– ber of the National Guard- Americans at their best.

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