Word: backfielder
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Behind the scrum is the backfield in which the scrum half corresponds loosely with football's quarterback. Behind him, the three quarterbacks line out diagonally and do most of the running if their scrums can get the ball out to them...
Although they made some minor mistakes, sophomores Wally Grant and Dave Poe gave notice they will soon be important members of the Crimson backfield. Grant exhibited a fleet foot if not always a steady hand, and Poe showed promising intuition. Jim Gahan's punting was another source of encouragement...
UMass's habit of using a lot of backfield motion, shifts to new formations, and other tricks compound the defensive difficulties. Halfback Fred Lewis, a 210-pound cannonball with speed, presents the defense with plenty of problems no matter what the formation. His particular specialty is the end run, a play which is fraught with touchdown potential every time it is called...
Wally Grant, a sophomore, will start today at left half, and he is supposed to do much more than keep the position filled until Tom Bilodeau returns. Yovicsin hopes he will add some speed to what is otherwise a rather slow backfield...
...character"; they testified that they would not believe him under oath. One after another, they characterized the former Georgia coach as a man who dabbled in loan companies on the side and numbered known professional gamblers among his friends. William C. Hartman, who served as Georgia's backfield coach until 1957, testified that in November 1960 he and a group of university alumni had urged Butts to resign as Georgia football coach. They had been disturbed, said Hartman, by reports of frequent Butts appearances "at nightclubs in the company of girls...