Word: backfielder
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...attempts to keep, Harvard the pre-game underdog, a position in which it was fairly easy to keep the Crimson when inkslinger Egan and his ilk were on the other side of the fence. Up to this year's Dartmouth game, the quartet which, isn't in the backfield, of Gardiner, Miller, Peabody, and Pfister, were regarded as likeable chaps, capable of playing steady football, but scarcely in the light in which their Herculean feats of the last two Saturdays have placed them...
...Saturdays, the Tigers have been dogged by bad luck all around the football circuit, and, reinforced by the return of two injured players, they should be all set to give the Crimson a real run for its money. From tackle to tackle Princeton presents a formidable array, and its backfield is the biggest that Harvard will face all year...
...tailback, although his press notices are not so long nor so glowing as these possessed by Barnacle Bill Busik. His wingback mate is Bob Perina, who passes, and both of these are dangerous if shaken loose. Tommy Irwin, the blocking back, and Bud Rose, a powerful fullback, comprise the backfield which should average 195, as compared with Harvard's, which is just under...
East. Navy, with so many backfield dreadnoughts that rival coaches have asked for some under Lend-Lease, sank Cornell, 14-to-0. Fordham, headed for the Rose Bowl, trampled West Virginia's Mountaineers...
...backfield, Jim Gallagher, who has been coming along fast recently, will line up at the left half post. Gershon Ross, who played that position last week has been moved over to right half, while Fairfield Goodale once again holds down the fullback spot...