Word: halfback
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Last year the Middies, with the help of such football stars as All-America End Ron Beagle, Halfback John Raster and Team Captain John Hopkins, stopped Maryland 12-7, and went on to win the national championship. Last week, hopped up for their big effort, both teams were still unbeaten when they collided in Thompson Stadium. And since the national championship is decided on the basis of seasonal records, the winner of this game was almost certain to take the title...
Following his year at Cheshire, which was partially paid for by a group of Yale alumni; the student went on to New Haven entirely on his own volition, Robinson said. It was after his matriculation last fall that the former standout halfback for his Chicago high school was declared ineligible for intercollegiate athletic competition by the Ivy Committee...
...wished to be an All-American," Robinson continued, "he would not have picked Yale. He's a hell of a good halfback, who could have gone to some pretty good universities two years ago," he said...
...student involved was football captain and 170-lb standout halfback for his high school in Chicago two years...
Ohio State, sparked by surehanded Quarterback Dave Leggett and All-America Halfback Howard ("Hopalong") Cassady, unlimbered its crunching ground offensive, mixed in a few artful passes, got three touchdowns. The Buckeyes held on to the ball incredibly well in the gooey going, not fumbling once, whereas the Trojans fumbled often, losing three of their bobbles to Ohio State. Final score: Ohio State 20, Southern...