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	UW-Madison: History & Exhibits: Alan Ameche
		Kenosha, WI Alan Ameche was born Lino Dante Amici in Italy in 1933.
		Ameche's strength was legendary, at least in the southeast corner of Wisconsin.
		Ameche led the Big Ten in rushing again that season, and his honors included being named to the UP and AP All-Midwest teams, as well as to the First-Team All-Big Ten—for the first of three consecutive years.
	archives.library.wisc.edu /exhibits/ameche/pfameche.html (1926 words)

	Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy
		Ameche played as a fullback with the Baltimore Colts for six seasons (1955-1960), then founded Gino's Inc. and served as Corporate Secretary and a member of the Board.
		Alan was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from St. Joseph's College and was Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Multiple Sclerosis Society, a Trustee of Malvern Prep, and was Corporations Chairman for the United Negro College Fund.
		Alan was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1975.
	www.heisman.com /winners/a-ameche54.html (188 words)

	washingtonpost.com: In Love, a Two-Time Heisman Winner
		She had only been on an airplane once when they flew to New York for the awards ceremony, and she was overwhelmed by the commotion of the city and the elegance of the great event, with limousines to ferry guests about and chocolate footballs with even more chocolate inside for dessert.
		Yvonne Ameche was invited each year, as are all recipients and their wives, even after Ameche passed away.
		Ameche joined the Baltimore Colts four years later, cementing his place in NFL history by scoring the game-winning touchdown in the NFL's first sudden-death game -- the 1958 championship -- against the New York Giants.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A56136-2004Dec10?language=printer (754 words)

	National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
		During his first NFL play against the Chicago Bears, Ameche scored a 79-yard touchdown and was named "Rookie of the Year." He went on to play six professional seasons with the Colts, during which he carried the ball 964 times for 4,045 yards, maintained a 4.2 average, scored 44 touchdowns and caught 101 passes.
		Ameche retired from professional football in 1960 due to an injury to his Achilles tendon.
		Ameche died on August 8, 1988, and was elected to the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.
	www.niashf.org /index.cfm?ContentID=58&InducteeID=8 (389 words)

	The New York Times: This Day In Sports
		Alan (The Horse) Ameche, who had plunged for a 2-yard touchdown in the second quarter, drove over from the 1 for the tally that crushed the New Yorkers.
		Ameche was a hero, but he was not the hero.
		Alan Ameche of the Baltimore Colts scores the winning touchdown in the N.F.L. championship game against the Giants 8 minutes 15 seconds into overtime.
	www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/12.28.html (879 words)

	Alan Ameche, 55, Football Star in 1950's - New York Times
		LEAD: Alan Ameche, the Baltimore Colts fullback who was famous for scoring the touchdown that beat the Giants in the 1958 National Football League championship game, died today.
		Alan Ameche, the Baltimore Colts fullback who was famous for scoring the touchdown that beat the Giants in the 1958 National Football League championship game, died today.
		Ameche, from Philadelphia, died of a heart attack at Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center after undergoing heart bypass surgey, said a hospital spokeswoman, Brenda Blake.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D6133CF93AA3575BC0A96E948260 (209 words)

	Press Release
		Ameche was an All-American at the University of Wisconsin, where he played linebacker as well as fullback.
		The 6- foot, 215-pound Ameche was not only a strong, durable runner, he was also an excellent blocker, who helped protect Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas from blitzing linebackers.
		In 1975, Ameche was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.
	www.tournamentofroses.com /corp/press_2005HOFInductees.htm (1068 words)

	Heisman Trophy Winners
		Alan Ameche, one of seven Italian Americans to win the trophy, was posthu-mously honored at the dinner on his 50th Heisman Trophy anniversary.
		Alan “Iron Horse” Ameche won his 1954 Heisman Trophy as a senior at the University of Wisconsin.
		Ameche scored the Colts’ winning touchdown in the first overtime game in NFL Championship history against the New York Giants in December 1958.
	www.lagazzettaitaliana.com /heisman.asp (788 words)

	Playoffs - 1958
		On fourth down, Ameche was dropped at the 5-yard line by Cliff Livingston.
		Ameche was supposed to throw on the half-back option pass but never threw it.
		Unitas was brilliant again, moving his team from its own 20 to the New York 1-yard line, where Alan Ameche scored to win the game, 8:15 into overtime.
	www.ravensnests.com /playoffs/po1958.htm (411 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Alan Ameche
		Ameche was an All-American at the University of Wisconsin, where he played linebacker as well as fullback in those single-platoon days.
		The 6-foot, 215-pound Ameche was not only a strong, durable runner, he was also an excellent blocker who helped protect the valuable Unitas from blitzing linebackers.
		In his six professional seasons, Ameche carried the ball 964 times for 4,045 yards, a 4.2 average, and scored 44 touchdowns.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/amecheal.shtml (178 words)

	Alan Ameche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lino Dante "Alan" Ameche (March 1, 1933 - August 8, 1988), nicknamed "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League.
		He was native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, a cousin of Don Ameche and Jim Ameche.
		Ameche is best known for his role in the 1958 NFL Championship Game, known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played." Ameche scored the winning touchdown for the Colts on a one-yard run in overtime as the Colts beat the Giants 23-17.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alan_Ameche (314 words)

	NFL.com - NFL Insider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Forty years after Alan Ameche lowered his head, squared his shoulders, and dived through the early evening chill of December in New York, the 1958 NFL Championship Game remains the most celebrated chapter in pro football lore.
		Ameche could have thrown the ball behind his back and had a touchdown, but...
		Ameche was tackled on the 5, and the Giants took over on downs.
	www.nfl.com /insider/story/6032205 (4036 words)

	College Football Hall of Fame
		Known as "The Horse," Alan Ameche was one of college football's greatest fullbacks.
		The winner of the 1954 Heisman Trophy, Ameche held the NCAA record for career rushing yards at the time of his graduation.
		Ameche duplicated his rushing feat the following year as the Badgers were Big Ten co-champions and Wisconsin made its first trip to the Rose Bowl.
	collegefootball.org /famersearch.php?id=50081 (184 words)

	Ameche Selected to Rose Bowl Hall of Fame - NCAA Sports.com
		MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Alan Ameche, who won the Heisman Trophy while starring at the University of Wisconsin in 1954, will be posthumously inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
		Ameche, a Kenosha native who died in 1988, was a consensus All-American and Big Ten MVP in 1954.
		Following his college career, Ameche was the second overall selection by the Baltimore Colts in the 1955 draft and went to four Pro Bowls.
	www.ncaasports.com /football/mens/story/7509871 (231 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ameche
		Collegiate Greats Alan Ameche and Rudy Bukich, Former Big-10 Commisioner Wayne Duke, and Tournament Of Roses' Jim Stivers to be Inducted Into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
		Alan (the Horse) Ameche Dies; Star of 1958 NFL Championship
		With ease, charm and talent, Don Ameche made acting look effortless.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Ameche (180 words)

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		Instead, Unitas gave the ball to Ameche, who plunged in for the touchdown and the championship with eight minutes and fifteen seconds elapsed in the sudden-death period.
		John came over and asked, 'What are you thinking?' And I said, 'Alan is a fine ball carrier, and he doesn't fumble the ball.' But the one thing we needed was to have the ball in front of the goalposts because we wanted an opportunity to kick if we had to.
		And Alan Ameche, in 1958, had fumbled only once in 171 carries; he was second in NFL rushing that year with 791 yards and a 4.6 average per carry.
	www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg28042.html (3028 words)

	The Capital Times
		On the first play of the second half in the 1953 Rose Bowl game against Southern Cal, a brutish University of Wisconsin running back, Alan Ameche, exploded through a big hole on the right side of the offensive line and rumbled 54 yards before being tackled from behind on the USC 33.
		Earlier this week, it was announced that Ameche would be inducted posthumously into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
		Added the Los Angeles Examiner: "Alan Ameche, a rambunctious 19-year-old, laid waste to the vaunted Trojan line and shattered it like no other opponent was able to do during the regular season."
	www.madison.com /tct/sports/index.php?ntid=7215&ntpid=0 (683 words)

	eBay - alan ameche, Cards, Fan Apparel Souvenirs items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=alan+ameche&newu=1&krd=1 (386 words)

	Collegiate Greats Alan Ameche and Rudy Bukich, Former Big-10 Commisioner Wayne Duke, and Tournament Of Roses' Jim ...
		PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Two college football standouts, Wisconsin's Alan Ameche and USC's Rudy Bukich, along with former Big-10 Conference Commissioner Wayne Duke and The Tournament of Roses' Jim Stivers, will be inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on December 31, 2004, during a ceremony at the Rose Bowl Kickoff Luncheon.
		The star athlete's ability to play 55 or more minutes per game helped him secure the nickname "The Iron Horse." In four years as a Badger, Ameche gained 3,212 yards, then the NCAA record, scored 25 touchdowns, and averaged 4.8 yards a carry.
		The 6-foot, 215-pound Ameche was not only a strong, durable runner, he was also an excellent blocker who helped protect Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas from blitzing linebackers.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-11-2004/0002404242&EDATE= (1019 words)

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	Gino's Hamburgers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gino's Hamburgers was a fast-food restaurant chain based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded by Baltimore Colts defensive end Gino Marchetti and running back Alan Ameche in 1959.
		It was a successful East Coast regional fast food resturaunt and had 313 company owned locations when they were sold to Marriott International in 1982 and were converted to their Roy Rogers restaurants brand.
		Ameche's Drive-in - a local Baltimore establishment founded by Alan Ameche, who co-founded Gino's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gino's_Hamburgers (163 words)

	WSDC : Past Inductees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The man scoring the winning touchdown in sudden death for the Colts was Kenosha's Alan Ameche.
		Ameche had a fine pro career, leading the NFL in rushing as a rookie.
		Ameche led the Badgers to the Rose Bowl.
	www.sportsinwisconsin.com /wahf/index.php?category_id=976 (13265 words)

	AMCTV.com SHOW - Four Sons
		This time taking place in the Second World War, Don Ameche plays the most patriotic of the four brothers, choosing to remain loyal to his Czech homeland; meanwhile, one of his siblings (Alan Curtis) sides with the Germans, joining the Nazi party, while the other (George Ernest) is drafted and sent into battle.
		The fourth brother (Robert Lowery), a sensitive artist, realizes his only chance for survival is to leave the country altogether.
		Don Ameche, Alan Curtis, George Ernest, Mary Beth Hughes, Eugenie Leontovich, Robert Lowery, Lionel Royce, Sig Ruman
	www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=62119-1-1 (133 words)

	NewStandard: 12/25/98
		On a third-and-8 from the Baltimore 31, Unitas connected on an 8-yard pass to Alan Ameche.
		Now Baltimore had one more third down, this time from the 1-yard line, and Ameche went barreling into the end zone through a hole that looked big enough for a tank.
		Baltimore Colts fullback Alan Ameche plunges through a gaping hole in the New York Giants defense for the winning touchdown in the 1958 NFL championship game.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/12-98/12-25-98/d03sp078.htm (750 words)

	The New York Times Store > Alan Ameche Touchdown
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		Baltimore Colts Alan Ameche scoring winning touchdown against New York Giants in NFL Championship Game, Yankee Stadium, Dec.
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	NFL Championship Game, 1958 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gifford fumbled again late in the second quarter, and Baltimore converted that turnover into another touchdown with quarterback Johnny Unitas' 15-yard pass to end Raymond Berry to make the score 14-3 by halftime.
		But on third down, Ameche was stopped for no gain, and the Colts turned it over on downs after Ameche was tackled at the 5-yard line on a fourth down halfback option play.
		On their ensuing drive, the Colts drove 80 yards in 13 plays and scored on Ameche's 1-yard touchdown run to win the game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1958_NFL_Championship_Game (527 words)

	JS Online:
		Ameche, nicknamed "The Horse" and a native of Kenosha, went on to win the 1954 Heisman Trophy as a fullback and linebacker for the University of Wisconsin.
		In attendance was Yvonne Ameche Davis, Alan Ameche's widow who in 1996 married Glenn Davis, "Mr.
		At halftime of the game, a monument in the northwest end of the field was unveiled, a picture and profile of Alan Ameche.
	www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=506014 (725 words)

	Sports :: WKOW 27 - Madison, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Bucs' Carnell "Cadillac" Williams broke Alan Ameche's N-F-L record for most yards in his first three league games by rushing 37 times for 158 yards today.
		Williams has 434 yards rushing, breaking Ameche's mark of 410 set in 1955 for the Baltimore Colts.
		After a high snap, Ryan Longwell missed an extra point for the first time in 157 attempts, and that was the difference as the Packers fell to oh-and-three for the first time since 1988.
	www.wkowtv.com /index.php/sports/story/p/pkid/22332 (230 words)

	14
		These colorful, attractive cards measure 2 13/16" by 4 15/16" and are rarely seen with the complete dashed line surrounding the border, in complete panels, or in the entire unfolded box format.
		At the same time, record-setting backs like Marion Motley, Frank Gifford, Alan Ameche, Jim Brown, Joe Perry, and Paul Hornung made sure that the runners would not be overshadowed, not even by the greatest passers.
		In overtime, Alan "The Horse" Ameche grabbed a handoff from Johnny Unitas, cut right, and shot through a gaping hole in the Giant line to score the winning touchdown.
	www.homestead.com /spcgaz/14.html (1488 words)

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