Records Are Meant to Be Broken - Or Are They? Part 1

We have all lived by the creed records are meantAl Brosky. Ever hear of Al Brosky? Al Brosky
to be broken and with each new record made,holds the record for most career interceptions in
breaking it becomes more of a challenge. As a kidcollege football.
in the 60's, following Mickey Mantle, it wasAl's record is 29 picks, there is a two way tie for
accepted if any one could break Babe Ruth'ssecond place with 27 ints. What makes Al's record
home run record it would be the Mickster. Westand out? Certainly that should be a record with
saw him come close and heard that was onein the grasp of any solid defensive back, today's
record that could not be broken.backs face more passing schemes, they play
Then came the summer of 1961 and Roger Maris.more games and can be four year starters.
As we know, it took Maris more games to hit 61Apparently all of those advantages are not
home runs than it took Ruth to hit 60.enough. Al Brosky played football for the
Consequently there was an asterisk next to hisUniversity of Illinois between 1950 and 1952.
name until after Roger died. Yet Ruth whoFreshmen were not allowed to play on the varsity
needed more games to set record of 60 homersand the running game was the main staple of
in a single season had no asterisk after his name.college football. Brosky's record has stood the
If you want to know more about the asterisktest of time, for 56 years he has been king of
and the home run race between Mickey Mantlethe pick and it appears he will continue to do so
and Roger Maris, rent the movie 61* directed byfor years to come.
Billy Crystal, it is a wonderful film.Next we will look at former Hawaii star Timmy
In college football there resides some records thatChang who played in June Jones's run and shoot
seem unbeatable. The first one we will examine isoffense.