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Stark had been an assistant at Harvard for six years, the last four as offensive backfield coach. He is the second assistant to leave Harvard in the last two weeks and the fourth to assume a head coaching job since Yovicsin's rise in 1957. Earlier, S. D. Fazio, who joined the staff last year as defensive line coach, accepted a similar position at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stark Appointed Rochester Coach | 2/22/1969 | See Source »

...Name the starting Giant backfield which played in the sudden death loss to Baltimore a decade...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: A Mind-Bender for the Weight-Lifters | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

...field, Hendricks looks like a basketball player who accidentally put on the wrong uniform. Confident that he can easily pack another 25 or 30 Ibs. onto his lean frame, scouts predict the "Stork" will continue to "worry hell out of a backfield" with his long-arm way of deflecting passes, and snagging ballcarriers from behind. Stanfill is a relentless de fender who specializes in flattening quarterbacks. Nothing fancy about him, say the scouts, "just a big strong boy who gets to the ballcarrier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: TIME's All-America: The Pick of the Pros | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

...Bill Enyart, Oregon State, 6 ft. 3 in., 235 Ibs.; and Bob Babich, Miami (Ohio), 6 ft. 2 in., 225 Ibs. Pritchard is "a great hitter who can crunch the wide play" and has the speed to stick with a receiver coming out of the backfield. One scout ranks him with top Pro Linebackers Tommy Nobis and Dick Butkus. The only difference "is that Pritchard is one inch shorter." Enyart, who also rates high as an offensive fullback, is "a hardnosed kid who can make those snap judgments that give him a jump on the play." Known for his bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: TIME's All-America: The Pick of the Pros | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

Frank in the Flesh. Seldom has a college backfield contained two more offensive threats than Yale's Quarterback Brian Dowling and Halfback Calvin Hill. A real-life Frank Merriwell, Dowling does everything but carry water, and in three seasons he has rewritten the Yale record book. No less talented is Hill, a slashing runner with 13 touchdowns to his credit this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: The Game That Was | 11/29/1968 | See Source »

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