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...passes of Quarterback Johnny Unitas. Among the Colts, Moore is nicknamed "Spats" because he strengthens his spindly shanks with rolls of white tape before each game. The tape helps Moore cut for a pass faster than anyone in the N.F.L. Waiting for Moore to pivot and go, a defensive halfback often watches his feet for the telltale "plant step." But this can be risky. Says Moore: "If he really watches my feet and my legs, he's lost, because I can make my legs do a million and one things. And if he tries to follow my hips...
...From the opening kickoff, Navy Halfback Joe Bellino (TIME, Oct. 24) dominated the big game against Army. The low-slung (5 ft. 9 in., 181 Ibs.) Navy star scuttled around tacklers on a 58-yd. run from his own 1-yd. line, later scored on a 4-yd. end sweep. Half-time score: Navy 17, Army 0. Then Army rallied for two touchdowns, and suddenly Bellino was in danger of becoming the Navy goat when he fumbled the ball. But when Army tried a long pass in the closing seconds, there was Bellino to intercept on the one, run back...
...Yale's very first play from scrimmage, Quarterback Tom Singleton faked to Fullback Bob Blanchard plunging up the middle. Then, as Harvard converged to stop Blanchard, Singleton coolly handed off to Halfback Kenny Wolfe. The deception worked perfectly. With Left Tackle Mike Pyle blasting open the hole, Wolfe was away for a 41-yd. touchdown run that touched off an afternoon of glory for his team. Getting stronger as the game went on, brawny Yale overwhelmed Archrival Harvard...
...college football's top games of the week: Sophomore Halfback Bert Coan scored two second-half touchdowns to lead Kansas to a 23-7 upset of previously undefeated Missouri, the nation's top-ranked team. The surprise victory gave the Kansas Jayhawkers their first Big Eight championship since 1930. Determined Minnesota rammed across two touchdowns in the fourth period to sew up a 26-7 win over Wisconsin and tie Iowa for the Big Ten title...
Kinderdine is joined on the first team by fellow Indians Ken DeHaven (center) and Al Rozycki (halfback), Princeton's Hugh Scott rounds out the first backfield, while his twin Jack Sullivan joins Singleton, Wolfe, and Brown's fullback Ray Barry in the second unit...