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Show Three SUSC defensive football men named to All-District 7 team j Three defensive players for I the Southern Utah State College Col-lege football team have been named to the National Association Assoc-iation of Intercollegiate Athletics Ath-letics (NAIA) all-District Seven Sev-en team. Defensive end Jeff Keel, middle guard Tony Anderson and linebacker Don Conrad were named to the team selected se-lected from nine teams in a three state area. All three Southern Utah State selections will return next season, promising Coach Tom Kingsford a good defensive defen-sive nucleus. fensive captain. He is from Springville and has a physical education major. "Don is the type of linebacker line-backer ' that a coach loves," Kingsford said. '.He thrives on gritty football; he has good speed, good football sense, and he is extremely aggressive." Southern Utah State led the defensive statistics in District Seven this season, holding 10 opponents to an average of 261 yards per game. The Thunderbird offense also al-so sparkled. It averaged 334.1 yards per game to also rank I first in the district. . Keel is a 6-2, 200-pound sophomore from Fillmore. "We have felt that Jeff had great potential ever since pre-season drills his freshman year," Kingsford said. "In the next two years, he should be an exceptionally fine asset to our program." Keel is extremely quick and fast. He is a sharp hrtter who loves pursuit. He was an all-state all-state offensive fullback at Millard High School before enrolling at SUSC. He has a physical education major. Anderson became tougher and tougher as the season progressed. He was the leader in assisted and unassisted tackles in several games late in the season. Conrad, a 5-10, 190-pound junior, has been the anchor of the Thunderbird defense for the last two years. This season sea-son he was the squad's de- |