Word: adjustor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...career of Bat Masterson for another reason. All through high school he had played either safety or cornerback. However, when the freshman gridders began to group themselves by position, Masterson noticed there were eight players at safety and a covey of cornerbacks. "There were only three guys at adjustor so I lined up there," he recalls nonchalantly. Three years later, as a senior, Bat Masterson is the starting adjustor for the Crimson eleven...
...Adjustor is a hybrid position, known as monsterback in the midwest, which requires a player equally adept at guarding against the pass and run. Masterson always lines up on the strong side opposite the opposing team's tight end, which means most of the power running plays come his way, though he is also responsible for picking up the tight end on passing plays...
Sciolla was often left one on one with Clune after Harvard discovered that blitzing linebackers had little trouble getting through Penn's offensive line. In the second half, linebackers Sandy Tennant and Bob Kristoff and adjustor George Newhouse came often and came hard...
...game was a scoreless deadlock until midway through the third quarter when Wendel, the adjustor (O'Neill's name for a middle line backer-safety), intercepted an errant screen pass and ran it back for a touchdown. James Curry added the point after to make the score...