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Pacific Coast. With a powerful running attack and plentiful reserves, California is ranked tops on the Coast, among the top ten in the nation. U.C.L.A., lacking depth, holds two aces: Runner-Passer Paul Cameron, tabbed by "Red" Sanders as "the best tailback I've ever coached," and Center Donn Moomaw. Southern Cal is rated close behind U.C.L.A. Washington, with above-par linemen, has great expectations if Passer Don Heinrich's shoulder, injured last season, holds up. Stanford, with most of the Cinderella team gone, has Bob Mathias...
Norman Morris, a transfer from Wake Forest, who didn't play last season, will be at tailback. Morris reportedly looked very good against Yale, breaking away for two very long runs. Solem calls him a question mark and is uncertain as to how he'll stand up during the year. Morris runs to the right, while Chandler will run to the weak left side...
Another offensive backfield alignment put Bill Monteith at quarterback, Hardy Cox at tailback, and Jerry Blitz at fullback, while Otis Dewan and Frank White alternated at wingback. The first line remained fairly intact, with Paul Crowley and Hank Rate at ends and John Nichols and Bob Stargel at tackles...
Both offensive backfields went through lengthy rehearsals of plays. Gil O'Neil quarterbacked the "A" unit, with Dick Clasby at tailback, John Ederer at wingback, and John Culver at fullback. The "B" unit featured Bill Monteith at quarterback, Jerry Blitz at fullback, Hardy Cox at tailback, and sophomore Otis "Ki" Dewan at wingback...
...were Bob Stargel and Hank Toepke. John Jennings (subbing for the injured Eli Manos) and Art Pappas teamed at the center. First line center Buddy Lemay, uninjured but unwell, watched from the sidelines. The backfield was made up of Gill O'Nell at quarterback; John Culver, fullback; Dick Clasby, tailback; and John Ederer, wingback...