Word: halfback
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Spearheading the Dunster attack was halfback Bruce Johnson, who scored three touchdowns for the second game...
Harvard's attack caught Princeton early in the first quarter before the roaring Tiger could get all its cubs together. Center halfback Tony Oberschall drove a rising shot from 20 yards out past Princeton's goalie for the game's only score...
With an invaluable one-goal lead and the winds again at Harvard's back at the start of the second half, Coach Bruce Munro decided to switch to a more defensive game, gambling on a 1 to 0 win. The halfback line withdrew more often to augment the fullback strength, and the two insides played farther back to meet the Princeton forward line where the halfbacks normally would have...
Many felt after it was all over that had the Crimson not lost the invaluable services of left halfback Chet Boulris and right tackle Pete Briggs early in the game, the outcome might have been different. The varsity had several second-half scoring opportunities on which it could not make good, and had the smooth-running Boulris been in the lineup, he might have made the difference...
...said that forwards cannot sustain sharp, driving attacks without halfback support, nor can fullbacks adequately protect a goalie without the services of halfbacks as the first line of defense against an opposing forward line...