Word: fullback
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That's the fullback's signal to buck the line...
...first year, 1876, Yale emerged the champion. It is interesting to note that in these games Yale's fullback, O. D. Thompson, defeated both Harvard and Princeton by a goal from the field, executed while running at full speed, a feat unseen in the 40 years since. It was on this early team that Walter Camp, football's great personality, played halfback for Yale...
...have three fine men in Fisher, Tilton and Glaser. Fisher, at forward, is a powerful offense man and has accounted for a good share of our goals. Captain Tilton, halfback, and Glaser, fullback, are in the game every minute and are constantly breaking up their opponents' plays. But the other men are good, too; they all are getting onto the game better as time goes on and by next year we ought to have an all-star team...
...signal drill yesterday. Almost every day since that fierce battle he has spent the afternoon kicking goals from the field, and it is in that connection that he will probably enter the Yale game. Until a critical moment his brother, A. Horween '20, will take his berth at fullback. But when the team comes within scoring distance by a field goal, the older Horween's recent practice in that department may stand the Crimson in good stead...
...University eleven made a game attempt to cut down the lead of their opponents, and some strong sallies into the enemy territory by K. C. Darling '22 and V. B. Kellett Occ. were turned back only in the nick of time by Cooper, Penn's right fullback. S. Washburn '20 played a splendid game at goal, saving his team from a greater defeat...