Monday, Dec. 17, 1951
Who Won
P: Stanford's Chuck Taylor (TIME, Nov. 26), the football Coach-of-the-Year title in the annual Scripps-Howard poll. Starting with a team built around a squad of unsung seniors, Freshman Coach Taylor inched his team along to a nine-game winning streak and a trip to the Rose Bowl.
P: Light-heavyweight Contender Harry Matthews, undefeated in 66 straight bouts since 1943, a slugging ten-round decision, over Danny Nardico; in Cleveland.
P: Pro football's Cleveland Browns, 28-0, over Pittsburgh's Steelers to clinch their second straight American Conference title; in Pittsburgh.
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