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1990 high school running back Napoleon "Nip" Kaufman...
1990 high school running back Napoleon "Nip" Kaufman...
Item # 724006
November 01, 1990
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 1, 1990
* Star running back Napoleon "Nip" Kaufman
* Lompoc High School - Santa Barbara County
* Future Washington Huskies & Oakland Raiders football
Page 2 of the sport's section has a three column heading: "Kaufman Is the Talk of Lompoc" with photo. (see images) This reads like a biography of the local high school star.
Complete 1st and sport's sections only with a total of 56 pages, nice condition.
AI notes: In the November 1, 1990 Los Angeles Times feature “Kaufman Is the Talk of Lompoc,” senior running back Napoleon “Nip” Kaufman was profiled as one of the most explosive and talked‑about prep football players in California, having amassed approximately *5,829 all‑purpose yards and scored 70 touchdowns in his high school career up to that point while leading Lompoc High to a 23‑2 record as a starter; the article traced his early struggles with trouble as a youth—including a stint in a county reform school for stealing bicycles—and showed how football and a supportive uncle helped turn his life around, noted that despite an ankle injury he still rushed for 836 yards and 16 touchdowns in five games that season, and highlighted his success as a track star (winning state sprint titles) and his rising local fame and heavy recruiting attention from major colleges, all while also correcting a previous misspelling of his first name in the paper.
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