Word: backfieldful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First of all, the entire Freshman backfield is gone. Carl Bottenfield, injured in the Dartmouth game last season, has quit football on the advice of his Tulsa physician; fullback John West and half-back John White are scholastically ineligible to play this term; and Jim Lowell has decided to devote full attention to his studies...
...West Point, Boston will serve, along with John Sauer, as a replacement for departed backfield coach Andy Gustafson, but probably will not do anything with wrestling. "I regret leaving the wrestling team which now seems to be the major minor sport at College," he said. "Blaik wanted to know if I could skate...
PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 1--The fast, heavy backfield of Princeton's rugby team swarmed all over a Crimson fifteen today to rack up an amazing score...
...natural athletes this College has seen in a long time Kenary is supposed to help determine what kind of season the Crimson enjoys this year. He won't play any more football this spring. Which means that Valpey, who apparently figured on using Moffie and Kenary in the same backfield may now have to shift Moffie from fullback to tailback, where Kenary has been working...
...came into the game, and soon accounted for another three points by a penalty kick for goal to raise the score to 8-all. It was only then that the Harvard injuries were felt. The forwards were worn out from being pushed back by the Nassau scrum, and the backfield minus Eaton and Mauran could hardly keep up with the Princeton team's running attack. A dejected Harvard team left the field with the score...