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Len (len) Common clues: 1. Author Deighton 2. Dawson
Leonard Cyril Deighton (born on this day in 1929) is a British historian and author of spy fiction and historical novels. Several of his novels have been adapted for films. His first few novels featured an unnamed hero, which in the movie versions was dubbed "Harry Palmer" and was played by Michael Caine. The first trilogy of his Bernard Samson series was made into a 13-part television series by Granada Television in 1987. Deighton has also published a series of cookery books. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Len Deighton". Len Dawson was an American college and professional football player from Purdue University. He was another who was called an “NFL reject” by that league’s talent evaluators when they decided some players weren’t good enough to play in the NFL. But in his first year in the American Football League, Dawson led his Dallas Texans to a double-overtime victory over the two-time defending American Football League Champion Houston Oilers. The game was a classic, and Dawson ran a ball-control offense for a 17-14 win. Dawson had a 28-yard touchdown pass to Hall of Fame halfback Abner Haynes. In his first season, 1962, Dawson had led the league in touchdowns and yards per attempt. He was The Sporting News' selection as the AFL MVP for 1962. A pinpoint passer with four AFL passing titles, Len Dawson went on to be selected an American Football League All-Star six times, and holds the AFL’s number one career passer rating. He quarterbacked his team to three American Football League championships. Dawson was the MVP in the Fourth AFL-NFL World Championship game (Super Bowl IV), the last game ever played by an American Football League team. He led the league out in glory, with his Kansas City Chiefs defeating the heavily-favored Minnesota Vikings, who, like the Colts of the previous year, had been touted as “the best team in pro football history”. Dawson was named to the second team All-Time All-AFL Team, and is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Len Dawson".
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