Word: halfback
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Mike Hare, the center halfback and captain, is one of the most tireless players. He sat out less than 20 minutes of play in all the games put together. He first played for Eton College in his native England...
Another reliable starter is Roger Wiegand, the left halfback, who has scored one for one on penalty attempts. Wiegand made that one penalty shot in the Nichols game, which Harvard...
Another energetic sub is Steve McIlvaine from Portugal, who often replaces Wiegand in the left halfback slot. Insides John McGoldrick, Henry Massie, Ezra Griffith, and Andy Campbell all alternate to support the squad's devastating attack...
Time and again, Syracuse's winged-T play seemed to be going to the left when Negro Sophomore Halfback Ernie Davis suddenly flashed back to take the ball and smash through the right side of the West Virginia line in a scissor-like reverse. Twice, the sturdy (6 ft. 2 in., 205 lbs.), sprinting Davis got away for touchdown runs of 57 and 29 yds. When the defense shifted to contain him, burly Fullback Art Baker, an intercollegiate wrestling champion who can run the 100 in 10.1 seconds, blasted up the middle as undefeated Syracuse steamrollered...
...independent Syracuse (enrollment: 7,000) decided to go big time. Counting on the New York Thruway to bring new fans to the stadium, Syracuse gave Schwartzwalder authority and money to recruit some shock troops ("If we can get 'em, we can coach 'em"). In 1953 a Negro halfback named Jimmy Brown showed up unannounced, went on to become the finest running back in the game (he now leads the pros as a Cleveland Brown), and in no time Schwartzwalder and Syracuse were rising toward...