The Winner

Fifteen years ago, the tailback who wore Princeton's orange-and-black jersey No. 42 was the nation's No. 1 college football player and the choice of every pro team (TIME cover, Nov. 19, 1951). Having passed, punted and rushed the Tigers to 22 straight victories--still a record--Heisman Trophy Winner Richard William Kazmaier neatly straight-armed a pro draft ("With only one league, there was never that much money no matter how good you were"), opted for Harvard Business School. Now 35, his hair thinning slightly and his weight about ten pounds over his 171-lb. playing trim, Kazmaier figures he made the right choice. Last week American Machine and Foundry Co. made him a vice president and named him general manager of its Los Angeles-based Wen-Mac division, which makes toys, children's games and outdoor lighting systems.

After two years of running a string of 21 southeastern bowling alleys, Kazmaier joined sports-minded A.M.F. in 1962. He figures that football is fine training for corporate life because in both fields "You fight a lot of hard battles and you don't win unless you're smarter and tougher than the opposition." Businessman Kazmaier is "only a social athlete now--golf and tennis and that bit."

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