Word: wingbacks
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Lamar will probably start his regular backfield: Captain Dick Clasby at tailback, Tony Caimi at quarterback, John Tulenko at wingback, and either John Culver or Warren O'Donnell at fullback. Caimi, a converted guard, is probably the most improved player on the squad. He blocks fairly well, is a good enough pass receiver to be a downfield threat, and can run the team well when called upon to do so. If O'Donnell does not start, Caimi will call the freshman signals...
...fall practice and used successfully up until last Saturday. The split-T involves a half back, stationed well outside the end, who becomes a man-in-motion threading his way through the backfield on practically every play. This system is well-suited to tricky reverses and laterals, for the wingback can either take a hand off from one of the other backs, fake a reverse and continue on out for a pass, or go directly out from the flank for a pass...
Purdue won the Minnesota game because it took advantage of basic Minnesota weaknesses. Minnesota lacked a wingback who could run and a tailback who could pass. Consequently Purdue played a seven-man line, overshifted to the strong side, with the secondary up close. This defense, led by their great tackle, Phil O'Reilly, stopped Minnesota cold...
Hickman, the Yale coach, installed an "A" or short punt formation for Tisdale, with Senay and Spears as blockers and a third end as a wingback. Tisdale got fine protection, and even when he began passing eight or nine times in a row there was nothing the Princeton defense could do about...
Both the ends, Harvey Popell and Ted Kennedy, and Tulenko, the wingback, are good pass receivers. All have made key catches for the Yardlings this year. Like the rest of the linemen, Kennedy a Popell play on defense...