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There had been plenty of other offers. Shrewd, tough and resourceful, Otto Graham was an All-America tailback at Northwestern University, passed and ran the Cleveland Browns to seven league championships in a glittering ten-year professional career that ended in 1955. Last year, proving he could coach big-time football as well as play it, Graham turned assorted college players into a smooth unit that trounced the world champion Detroit Lions in the annual all-star game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Salt | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

With an assortment of experienced and not-so-experienced forwards, Princeton has a number of combinations, but will probably start Pete Cook, John Hill and John McBride on the first trio. The sophomore line is paced by Hugh Scott, the elusive tailback with a hard shot, who skates with Bill Miller and Lance Odden...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Varsity Will Face Princeton Sextet | 3/4/1959 | See Source »

Among those on the squad are Dartmouth quarterback Bill Gundy, Princeton tailback Dan Sachs, Brown end Bill Traub Henn guard Frank Pisacane, Cornell tackle Ed Savitsky and halfback John Webster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foster Named Center On Scholastic All-Ivy | 1/7/1959 | See Source »

...varsity, a two touchdown underdog, lost guard Bill Meigs and fullback Tony Gianelly on injuries early in the game. Nevertheless, sparked by tailback Matt Botsford, the Crimson took a 14-7, halftime lead...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Crimson Holds Edge In 57 Game Series | 11/15/1958 | See Source »

...Haven's hopes that Princeton's loss of center Mike Iseman and second-string tailback Jack Sullivan would give the Bulldogs more of a fighting chance this Saturday were dashed last night. Yale coach Jordan Olivar announced that Mike Pyle, star center, and Dick Coleman, considered by many to be Yale's best quarterback, will not be able to play in the Princeton contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bulldogs Lose Two Key Men | 11/12/1958 | See Source »

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