Word: quarterbacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weeks later, and continued on its way to a 1-8 season. And Pennsylvania, which was a contender early in the season, was riddled by injuries, had just come from a 42-0 drubbing at the hands of Princeton, and was reduced to its fourth-string quarterback when it lost to Harvard 20-6 in late October...
...other respects, the same problems still return. There is no proven quarterback. There is no fast halfback of the caliber of Ray Hornblower. Both lines have to be rebuilt. And with the exception of All-Ivy performer Gary Farneti, there are no experienced linebackers. Given the quality and balance of the Ivy League this year, Harvard will have to cure these deficiencies before it can even think of being a contender...
Senior Bill Kelly, who was sidelined last Fall following a knee operation, has been switched back to quarterback after playing safety as a sophomore, but he'll need time to adjust. And none of the three sophomores, Rod Foster, Eric Crone or Frank Guerra, has all the tools necessary to move in either...
...best size of any serious contender for the position, can run and pass fairly well, and is probably the most knowledgeable field general. Foster, who split duties with Crone on the freshman team last year, is the flashiest competitor since John McCluskey to challenge for the quarterback slot. The speediest, most elusive runner on the team, he is a superb scrambler and is extremely dangerous when given daylight. But his passing is deficient, and this is a serious problem to bring to a system that will use three receivers. The Crimson coaches would love to switch him to halfback. Foster...
...Paradise in Harlem, the paper launched a series of features on Beautiful People at play. The late Carol Bjorkman, a onetime Saks buyer and jet-setter, began a knowing gossip column called "Carol Says," then moved on to interviews with the likes of Vice President Johnson and a new quarterback named Joe Namath. Reviews, always glib and sometimes perceptive, criticized books, plays, movies, TV shows, restaurants and (lately) Sunday church services. "Eye" and "Eye Too," gossip columns on the snide side, became must reading on the East Side and elsewhere. Pages were regularly filled with features and with candid-camera...