Word: halfback
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...that he relaxes. The sawed-off ex-halfback spends the 60 minutes of play talking into a telephone which runs to the bench, where quarterbacks and coaches can check on the progress of the week's game plan; between halves he talks to the signal callers and gives Valpey a quick recap of the effectiveness of Crimson formations...
Whatever it was, this early training must have provided Madar with a solid background, because when he entered Northeastern High School in Detroit, where his family had moved, he made first-string halfback, and then played two more years as regular fullback...
Although Northeastern High had a strong team, twice reaching the championship city playoff, Madar was not singled out by the experts for any special honors. That was to come later at Michigan, which he entered in 1939. As a freshman, he played halfback. In fact it wasn't until 1942 that he switched to end, playing 50 minutes or more of every game with the famous "Seven Oak Posts", who helped wallop Don Forte's Harvard team 35-7 at Ann Arbor. "I can remember Cleo O'Donnell and Wally Flynn in that game," Madar recalls. And they undoubtedly remember...
...jayvees, impersonating Harvard's plays, gave the varsity a rough time all afternoon, and contact work was sluggish. Swede Larson and Win Lovejoy, second and third-string centers, appear definitely out of Saturday's game. Bobby Raines, star halfback, was banged up in today's scrimmage, but should see some service...
...McCabe played first string tailback and quarterbacked the team. In his last two years, he was picked as All-North Central Conference halfback. But four years after he had entered Iowa Teachers, Ben had still two terms to go; he was forced to drop out during two spring terms to earn more college money. He got one term in in the fall of 1941. He was drafted in January...