Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quarterback, glant Johnny Clayton in a crafty ball handler, a better than average runner, and one of the best passers in the East. He has passed 300 yards in the last two games alone. Since Captain Herb Carey has been first string fullback for four years, there is little need to discuss his abilities...
...Quarterback Hollis French took a running pass from Frank Nolan to score for Kirkland House in the third quarter. John Tangen dropkicked the extra point to put Kirkland ahead...
...play of the afternoon was a neatly-executed pitch-out from the Winthrop quarterback to Leverett and Guil Brown, who raced 70 yards for the lone Bunny score. Except for this stunt the Puritans played a steady ball game. Quarterback Dick Couch used straight power plays to take advantage of Leverett's aggressive but out-weighed line...
...Plays to Pay Dirt. From its 11-yd. line a few minutes later, grim, white-jerseyed Army began to march. Quarterback Arnold ("The Pope") Galiffa took a knowing look at Michigan's four-man line and tried his pony backfield (Fischl, Cain and Kuckhahn) off the flanks. Michigan's defense, rated the most ingenious in collegiate football, spread out; Galiffa hit the center with a new play (called a "Galiffa keep") designed especially for Michigan. He deftly mixed in three completed passes. In ten plays, Army had a touchdown. At halftime the Cadets had a 14-0 lead...
...Army backfield this afternoon are Jim Cain, Vic Pollock, an do course Arnold Galiffa. Cain is the Cadet's fastest runner and leading ground gainer, with an impressive 147 yards in three games. Top yards-pertly man is Pollock with an average of 8.4 in 15 tries. Galiffa, quarterback in the Army T, usually relegates the running game to his associates and concentrates on baffling the backer ups and throwing passes...