Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Tailback Terry Baker of Oregon State: An ambidextrous, introspective, gangling sophomore who would be one of the most remarkable football players in the game even if he never completed a pass or made a yard on the ground. See SPORT, Thinking Man's Tailback...
...flurry of activity the Big Eight this season has produced at least three players who can butt heads with any in the nation: CJ For Iowa State, Tom Watkins is a lightweight Negro fullback (6 ft., 182 Ibs.) who can run the 100 in 9.8 and fill in at tailback in his team's oldfashioned, single-wing attack. The Cleveland Browns are so impressed with Watkins that they drafted him last year as a junior for future delivery. Says Iowa State's Coach Clay Stapleton: "He can play anywhere...
...plays that unfold with the relentless logic of a theorem in geometry. "We keep slamming that fullback off-tackle, and the defense has to bunch up to stop us. So the quarterback will fake the ball to the fullback and run outside himself, or pitch out to the tailback who's trailing him. Now they've got to bring up their secondary. That leaves them weak for option passes thrown by the tailback...
...this is not necessarily the case. The Quakers have, potentially, one of the most explosive backfields in the Ivy League, and some solid linemen. with the return to health of tailback George Koval, Penn can put on an aerial show that will more than equal anything the Crimson has seen all year...
Koval, Shreve, and Schants are only three of Penn's army of good single-wing backs. Ed Shaw, Ivy Back of the Week two weeks ago as a tailback, was the fourth-string fullback as of last Tuesday. He still could make things difficult for the Crimson with his passing, power running, punting, and place kicking. Counle DeSantis, an outstanding running guard last year, is now a deadly blocking back. Wingback Peter McCarthy and tailback John Salem are also capable operatives...