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Park came to Harvard in 1965 from a three year stint at Boston College. In the first fall of his tutelage, Harvard's defenders picked off a record 16 passes. This year, All-Ivy safetymen John Tyson and Tom Williamson teamed with Tom Wynne, Mike Ananis and Bill Cobb for 23 steals...
...Crimson safetymen John Tyson and Tom Williamson, both very sharp in the first two games, will feel a little more pressure when Ballentine starts to open up than when Jumbo quarterback Ed Sevetz took...
...SAFETYMEN: Eric Crabtree, 21, Pittsburgh, 5 ft. 11 in., 180 lbs., and Rodger Bird, 22, Kentucky, 5 ft. 11 in., 201 lbs. The safetyman is the last line of defense, and it should be more than ordinarily difficult for anybody to get past Crabtree, an "agile, shifty" runner himself. Bird played some defense in 1964 at Kentucky, but none this year; he was too busy being the Southeastern Conference's second leading ground gainer (with 646 yds.). A little still went a long way with the scouts. "A sure tackier, hard to fool on fakes," goes one report...
Cashdollar or another receiver would invariably be wide open. Landeck rarely tried long bombs against the Crimson's fine safetymen, Dave Poe and John Dockery, but was content to gain ten yards at a crack. The strategy was devastatingly successful...
...Crimson cornerbacks, Bob Norton and Bill Cobb, are becoming solid defenders against sideline patterns, and safetymen Dave Poe and John Dockery very effectively employ a zone type of coverage on deep passes. It's up the middle, where receivers can hook in behind the interior linebackers, that presents a problem...