ELBERT DUBENION
Flanker
No. 44
Bluffton
"Elbert 'Golden Wheels' Dubenion, the Buffalo flanker, would almost certainly be a superstar if the Bills passed more. He's as swift as anybody going down under the long bomb, and he has perfected his fakes since breaking in as a green rookie from Bluffton six years ago.
Duby caught only 42 passes in '64, well below the top ten in the league. But he gained a record-breaking 27 yards per catch and scored ten touchdowns."
-Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1965
"Many fans argue that Elbert is the finest man in the pro leagues today.
'Golden Wheels' had another banner season in 1964 as he averaged a record-breaking 27 yards per reception. Elbert's big day last year was against the Chiefs when he caught two touchdown passes. In 1962, he scored with a 100-yard kickoff return.
Elbert scored 57 touchdowns in high school."
-1965 Topps No. 28
BO ROBERSON
Flanker
No. 46
Cornell
"Another of the ex-Chargers now at Oakland is Bo Roberson, an Olympic broad jumper who really runs too fast for his own good and must still learn to control his speed. The former holder of the indoor broad jump record, he's also done 9.4 in the 100-yard dash.
Roberson gained 271 yards as a rusher in 1962 and added another 587 with 29 receptions. He was also No. 5 as a returner of kickoffs, occasionally darting past his blockers."
-Don Schiffer, Pro Football 1963
"The dazzling speed of Bo makes him a touchdown threat on every play. His potential wasn't exactly a mystery, for he came within inches of winning a gold medal in the broad jump at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, and as a college sprinter at Cornell was timed at 9.4 several times for the 100-yard dash.
The San Diego Chargers signed him as a free agent (injuries had hampered him at Cornell). The Raiders traded for him last fall because they needed speed. They got it."
-1963 Fleer No. 58
"One of the fastest runners in pro football, Bo Roberson begins his fourth AFL season, his third with the Raiders. He plans to improve on his statistics of last year when he caught only 25 passes for 407 yards and carried the ball only 19 times for 47 yards. He was eighth in the league in kickoff returns, running back 38 for a 20.3 average.
One of the few Ivy League college players in the pros, Roberson was a star halfback and track star at Cornell. He's a restaurant-chain executive in the off-season."
-Dave Anderson, Pro Football Handbook 1964
"Bo joined the Oakland Raiders after playing one year with the San Diego Chargers.
During his days at Cornell, Bo was an All-Ivy League pick as a halfback. A top athlete, he played football, basketball and ran track for his Philadelphia high school. In 1960, Bo was a silver medal winner in the broad jump at the Rome Olympics. In the competition, he broke a 20-year-old mark set by Jesse Owens."
-1964 Topps No. 151
"Former Olympic broad-jumper Bo Roberson not only outruns opposing tacklers, but he often sprints right past his own blockers, a defect he has been correcting over the past two seasons.
In 1964, he ran away from all other kickoff-returners by going 990 yards on 36 chances, for a 27.5 average. Playing flanker in the offensive backfield, Bo also snared 44 passes for 624 yards last year.
Now starting his fifth pro year, he broke in with San Diego in 1961 and came to the Raiders the following season."
-Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1965
"Considered one of the fastest men in the league, Bo led the circuit in kickoff returns in 1964. He has been the starting flankerback for Oakland the past three seasons.
A top athlete, Bo ranked among the all-time scorers in Philadelphia prep basketball, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain and Guy Rodgers. He won a Silver Medal in broad-jumping in the 1960 Olympics."
-1965 Topps No. 149
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