Word: backfielder
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
First of all, the entire Freshman backfield is gone. Carl Bottenfield, injured in the Dartmouth game last season, has quit football on the advice of his Tulsa physician; fullback John West and half-back John White are scholastically ineligible to play this term; and Jim Lowell has decided to devote full attention to his studies...
...backfield, tailback Pote Petrille, wingback Nick Athans, and quarterback Hugh Edmonds, all veterans of former Crimson Varsity and Jayvee elevens, are now back following leaves of absence. Other men, notably tailbacks Jim Noonan and Chuck Roche, quarterback Bill Henry, and tackle Doug Bradlee are looking more poised than they did last fall for Dick Harlow...
...panel Howle-Houston sets his sights on the last green-jerseyed defender, while tailback Pete Petrillo heads for the sidelines and backfield coach Davy Nelson (to the right of Petrillo) watches the play develop...
Bill Olson, wingback on the 1947 Lions, will continue in that spot, while Johnny Nork, last year's number one backfield replacement, has displayed some fancy running in practice and should fill the fourth backfield starting slot...
...West Point, Boston will serve, along with John Sauer, as a replacement for departed backfield coach Andy Gustafson, but probably will not do anything with wrestling. "I regret leaving the wrestling team which now seems to be the major minor sport at College," he said. "Blaik wanted to know if I could skate...