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RUSHING FOR a substantial average each game, North Vancouver’s Sean Millington (below) is proving himself a valuable asset to th
Quick on his feet, the tailback ezsily eludes defenders (above).

SEAN MILLINGTON ‘A DOUBLE THREAT’

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SFU football Clansmen

SEAN MILLINGTON took up high school football to

prepare him for basketball.

“I didn’t really have too much
interest in it,’’ said Millington, 20,
now a powerhouse tailback with
Simon Fraser University’s
Clansmen. “It was just something
to get me in shape.”’

In recent play, the business ad-
ministration student has rushed for
an impressive average of 103 yards
per game, as well as returning
kicks to substantial field position.

Clansmen offensive coordinator
Terry Bailey describes the North
Vancouver tailback — at 6’2’’ and
205 pounds — as ‘ta double
threat.””

“He’s a good back, an all-pur-
pose back,” said Bailey. ‘‘He’s a

By STEPHEN BARRINGTO.
News Reporter

power runner — it may not look
like he explodes out of there (at the
line of scrimmage) because his
stride is so long, but he’s got what

- is needed.””

Named Carson Graham Sec-
ondary’s athlete of the year when
he graduated in 1986, Millington
was honored again as outstanding
Clansmen player at the recent
Shrum Bowl against arch-rival
UBC.

During that game he carried for
109 yards, but that was not enough

to hold off UBC’s 25-16 win.

Though he would grab a chance
at a professional career, that end is
not an all-consuming goal. ‘‘Most
of it is really out of my hands; I
just go out there and do what I
have to do.

“If an opportunity comes up I’lI
take it, but I’m not hanging my
future on it.”

Joining Millington on the
Clansmen squad are fellow North
Vancouverites Richard Jollymore,
Richard Scott, Ali Motamedi, Tom
Falkner, Chris Rerup, Roger
Bassam and Matthew Hyrcha.

Hitting the field in Bellingham
Oct. 8, the local players couple
with the rest of the Clansmen to
tackle Western Washington Uni-
versity.

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