Before Sam Darnold and Matt Leinart, before Rodney Peete and Marcus Allen, before O.J. Simpson, Mike Garrett, Jon Arnett and Erny Pinckert, there was Morley Drury.
Dubbed “The noblest Trojan of them all” by a writer in the Los Angeles Examiner, Drury truly lived up to that moniker.
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In some ways, you could compare him to Carson Palmer: A gifted football player who helped launch the career of a legendary coach without enjoying the fruits of national championship glory.
Palmer launched the Pete Carroll era.