Word: backfield
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brown football team choose Willie Davis as right tackle, and Bill Henry as quarterback on its 1949 all-opponents team it was revealed yesterday. The backfield of the squad, besides Henry, is composed of Bill Kazmater and George Sella of Princeton at the halfbacks, and Bob Spears of Yale at fullback...
...tight man-to-man defense held the Terriers to wild shooting from the backfield and BU's abortive fast break only clicked only when Shepard put in most of his second team at the wind-up the game. Smith and guard Jim Gabler sparked the defense, Smith picking BU passes all around the basket, and Gabler effectively trapping rebounds...
Isenberg, outstanding defensive linebacker for two seasons under Art Valpey, succeeds Howle Houston as captain. He breaks a string of three consecutive married captains and his election returns Harvard to the tradition of backfield captains, which has been broken only three times since 1929. Isenberg is probably the first defensive specialist to be elected captain...
...working Coach Bud Wilkinson, 34, begins his day at 7:30. He, too, exploits the organization of manpower, but with variations on the theme. For old time's sake, he uses versa tile Halfback George ("Junior") Thomas on both offense and defense, usually alternating the rest of his backfield whenever the ball changes hands...
...Esch broke through to block a punt on the Pierson 25 yard line, the ball bouncing into the Pierson end zone for a safety. In the third quarter guard Tony Ripley picked up a kick blocked by tackle Al Sweetser and scored from the Pierson 15. The Bellboy backfield scored when Brooks Wilder galloped 55 yards off tackle for a touchdown on the third play of the game...