Faces in the Crowd is a long-running segment from Sports Illustrated.
Starting in the January 9, 1956, issue, the segment was originally titled These Faces in the Crowd.
[1] The predecessor to These Faces... was a segment called Pat on the Back.
One such example was in the college football preview issue on September 5, 1977 when the segment was temporarily retitled Freshmen in the Crowd and featured six incoming gridiron prospects from major NCAA Division I programs.
[3] Video Faces in the Crowd is segment from Sports Illustrated and TAKKLE.com, which features up-and-coming high school athletes and their sports videos.