Word: backfielder
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...leading candidate for a position in the Harvard backfield, Jellison remembers leaping for a pass, feeling his legs knocked from beneath him, and finally landing on his head. Not wanting to make something out of nothing, he left the field for only a minute. The next day the team learned that Jellison had fractured his skull...
Kirkland's second scoring drive belonged to Ed Tompkins, the other half of their backfield tandem. He went 65 yards on a misdirection reverse, and then ran four yards...
What's more, the Crimson will play without junior running back Paul Connors, who is sidelined with a chipped bone in his ankle. Jon Hollingsworth, coming off a fine second half against Princeton last Saturday, and Tom Beatrice will join quarterback Burke St. John in the backfield...
...next possession typified the Crimson day on offense. St. John had apparently loaded up his arm on the sidelines and from the Harvard 36 he faked the halfback option and threw over the middle to Al Altieri curling out of the backfield at the 45. Altieri bulled his way into Princeton territory at the 44 where the drive began to stall...
...third and 16 from the Cornell 30, Tanner hit Mark Turley coming out of the backfield for a 31-yd. gain to the Harvard...