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Though All-Star Fullback Paige Cothren of Mississippi (Los Angeles Rams) produced two surprisingly professional field goals of 12 and 25 yds., the boys' passing attack never again threatened the men's defense. While the Giants' backfield deployed far to the rear to bat down long passes, beefy Giant linesmen crashed through to rush Quarterbacks Brodie and Paul Hornung. In marked difference between pro experience and college eagerness, the college quarterbacks tried to run and were smeared, while the Giants' Charley Conerly refused to budge when rushed, coolly ate the ball and waited for the next...
Named to assist Yovicsin as backfield coach was Roger I. Robinson. He coached football and track at Port Jervis (N.Y.), High School, and is a former Syracuse star. Robinson will plan the backfield's new T-formation attack...
...Margarita, freshman football coach since 1951, resigned yesterday to accept the post of backfield coach under Boston University's new head coach, Steve Sinko. The move came as no great surprise, since it had been remored in the Boston press for the past few weeks...
...former star halfback at Brown first came to Harvard in 1946, when he served as backfield assistant under Dick Harlow, then head varsity coach. In 1948 he went to Yale as backfield coach. The following year he moved to Georgetown, where he served as head coach until Georgetown abandoned football. He then returned to Harvard as freshman football coach...
Among those mentioned for the position is Harvard's backfield coach, Josh Williams...