Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Minnesota, a gigantic lineman named Bronko Nagurski outran his team mates in a race. Observing this, Dr. Spears, Minnesota's coach, summoned the rapid hulk and took him out of the line. Dr. Spears was looking for a successor to famed Herb Joesting who pushed his backfield bravely along last season. He regarded Bronko Nagurski as a potential fullback and, having noticed his celerity, he suggested, immediately, this position to the enormous player. So powerfully did Nagurski function in fullback capacity that a nickname ("The Big Nag") was found for him and he became the first of the autumn heroes...
...Lubradovitch and Bachus found it easy to deceive Bezi and Leppig, while the Wisconsin backfield performed sleight of hand behind them and beat Notre Dame, to the extensive surprise of all sports experts, by a score...
...Backfield Very Light...
...backfield is composed of Whisnant, quarterback; Ward and Spaulding, halfbacks; and Foard, fullback. All these men with the exception of Spaulding have had at least one year's experience in intercollegiate competition. The extreme lightness of the quartet is noteworthy. Whisnant is the smallest, weighing only 150 while the other three range between 162 and 166. It is particularly adapted to the wide open game which the invading Tarheels will spring upon Coach Horween's heavier cohorts in Saturday's encounter...
...first combination. Gilligan did most of the tossing with French or Guarnaccia on the receiving end, but French also tried his hand at heaving the pigskin. For the running plays E. T. Putnam '30 took over the direction of the eleven in place of Gilligan. The second backfield included T. F. Mason '30, S. L. Batchelder '31, A. W. Huguley '31, with Sumner Putnam '31 calling signals...