Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defensive backfield, despite the loss off Don Chiofaro and Tom Williamson, will also be strong. Returning will be starters John Emery at linebacker, Mike Ananis at cornerback, and John Tyson and Tom Wynne at safeties. Linebacker Gerry Marino should have relatively little trouble filling Chiofaro's spot...
...evidence on baseball coach-designate Loyal K. Park indicates that he may be a close approximation of the ideal. A husky 6-footer from Pennsylvania, Park combines outgoing big-buddy personality with a reportedly tough, no-nonsense approach to coaching. As Harvard defensive backfield coach in football, this style has gotten great results...
...defensive backfield coach Park has developed an incredibly close relationship with those four or five men who guard Harvard's airways. One of them said yesterday, "Loyal has changed me personally. Confidence and pride just flow out of him, and into us. He molds a real esprit de corps. He puts on terrific pressure during practice, but that makes the games all the easier. And you always know that, when you make a mistake, he'll be there to boost you up and tell you immediately how to correct it. He's the greatest coach I've ever...
...they have no weaknesses. The front four of Davidson, Keating, Birdwell, and Lassiter may not dominate the game but they will hold their own up front. Middle linebacker Dan Connors is not as ostentations as the Pack's Ray Nitschke but he does the job. And Oakland's defensive backfield is every bit as good as Green Bay's! Willie Brown, Kent McLoughan, and Dave Grayson are quick, man, quick. Lance Alworth and Don Maynard had some success against Oakland, but they are the only ones, and Green Bay has no receiver who resembles them. The only player...
Undefeated Yale led the league with six players on the squad, including quarterback Brian Dowling and two other members of the offensive backfield. Harvard was second with five and Dartmouth third with four...