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unusual facts about Drew Pearson



Chuck Heberling

Perhaps most famously, he was the referee for both the Hail Mary Game (famed for the game-winning touchdown pass from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson) and The Drive.

Gil Brandt

Brandt helped pioneer many of the scouting techniques used by NFL clubs today, such as computer analysis of prospects (especially those from small colleges), converting basketball players and track athletes into football players and finding top free agent rookies, such as Drew Pearson, Cliff Harris, and Everson Walls.

New York Daily Mirror

Early on, several bright young writers and photographic journalists joined the Daily Mirror, such as Ring Lardner, Jr., Hy Peskin and the political commentator Drew Pearson.


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