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Sophomors tailback Matt Botsford, who played two and a half games less than his uninjured opponents with nine-contest schedules, placed third in individual offense in the Ivy Group this fall, according to statistics released yesterday...
Bobby began his career as a guard, but before long he was calling signals from the tailback slot in Highland Park's single wing. Day after day, when the rest of the squad had finished practice, the two boys would work at place-kicking-Bobby holding, Doak booting-until it was too dark to see the goal posts. After the football season, Bobby played basketball; one spring he pitched the local American Legion baseball team to the state championship. By the time he entered the University of Texas in 1944, he was good enough for a baseball scholarship...
...Bobby was a football player at heart. As a freshman he was still playing tailback in Coach Dana X. Bible's conservative single wing. He was just getting the hang of college football when the draft started to worry him. He and Doak joined the merchant marine, but the war was over before they ever got to sea. Bobby went back to Austin while Doak went to S.M.U. On the first Saturday after they got back, they were opponents on the football field. Walker ran 50 yds. for one touchdown; Layne pitched passes for two. (Final score: Texas...
Although he suffered a broken nose midway through the Princeton game, Meigs made it one of his best games this year. Cochran recovered a fumble in the end zone for the first Crimson touchdown, and Gianelly set up the second after taking a lateral from tailback Sam Eyock...
Four other Crimson starters, including two sophomores, were given places on the Ivy squad. Senior and Bob Cochran, junior tackle Orville Tice, tailback Matt Botsford, and fullback Tony Glanelly all got honorable mention...