Tim Beamer

According to the New York Daily News: "The most talked-about former WFLer in the Giants’ training camp these days is not necessarily Larry Csonka or any of the offensive linemen who came here with him.

[5] In 1966, Beamer accepted a football scholarship from the University of Illinois and played on the freshman team as a running back.

The next spring, a sports reporter who sized up the varsity’s prospects speculated that Beamer, “a ‘sleeper’ from Galax, Va.,” had a shot at the job of starting halfback.

Beamer has stated that he and his teammates took small amounts of money because personnel in the athletic department assured them that this was proper.

[7] After leaving Illinois, Beamer enrolled at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N. C. He was not eligible to play football until his junior year, but he excelled on the track team and set a CIAA record with a time of 9.3 seconds in the 100-yard dash.