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Sport: Alabama's Twelfth Man

The University of Alabama's Fullback Tommy Lewis of Greenville, Ala. is a solid (6 ft. 190 Ibs.), steady-looking athlete, but under his crimson jersey there burns an impulsive pride of state and university. When Tommy Lewis, 21, was taken out for a rest in the second quarter of the Cotton Bowl game with Rice last week, his Alabama was trailing by only one point. Lewis himself had scored a first-quarter touchdown for the Crimson Tide. But soon, from his seat on the bench, Tommy saw real trouble coming: far downfield, on the 5-yd. line,...

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