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...this year, tailback Dick Clasby and fullback John Culver have piled up enough yardage to make the Crimson a major offensive threat. The rushing, passing, total offense, and scoring columns of Ivy statistic books, recently so bare of Harvard names, now has more than its share of them...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Tigers Forced to Rebuild Backfield; Boast Tight Defense, Veteran Line | 11/7/1952 | See Source »

...Crimson tailback Dick Clasby--third-ranking ground-gainer in the nation--is a mere 166 yards short of Dick Kazmaier's single season Ivy League rushing record, according to figures released yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clasby Nears Ivy Rushing Mark Set By Dick Kazmaier | 11/6/1952 | See Source »

...Margarita brought his freshmen over to give the first varsity defensive unit a taste of the Princeton-style passing attack. Margarita himself did much of the throwing from the tailback position in the semi-live scrimmage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eleven Conducts Passing Drill for Princeton Game | 11/6/1952 | See Source »

...turned out, it was the key play of the game, and the sun-drenched crowd of 94,677 in the Los Angeles Coliseum roared in appreciation. But as the game went on (U.S.C. added a field goal to make it 10-0), Tailback Sears showed that he had other talents. Twice, on passes of 34 and 40 yards to End Tom Nickoloff, Sears drove the unheralded Trojan offense down inside California's lo-yard line, controlling the ball and keeping the pressure on. And in this two-platoon age of specialists, the senior physical education major, 21, did double...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jimmy-on-the-Spot | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...Tailback Dick Clasby once again fired the Crimson attack, scoring twice and gaining a total of 251 yards, more than two-thirds of the Crimson total, and 37 more than the entire Davidson offense. A 6.3-yard average for 22 attempts on the ground, six pass completions in 17 tries, and a 43-yard punting average, offset the defensive slack...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Crimson Recovers to Topple Surprising Davidson, 35-26 | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

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