Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...indications are that Jordan will use his first-string backfield sparingly. The emphasis seems to be on sophomores, Culver and quarterback Gil O'Neil, neither of whom took part in a contact scrimmage all week, will see limited action at best. Jerry Blitz, with sophomore George MacDonald behind him, will handle most of the fullback's work. Sophomore Gerry Marsh may start the game at quarterback...
Coach Bill Dole, who took over late in March this year, inherited a great problem: there were almost no reserves in the line and in some backfield positions. The team still lacks any sort of depth...
...cold combined to keep the offense working on the ground attack. With O'Neill resting and Culver practicing only lightly, two sophomores--quarterback Gerry Marsh and fullback George MacDonald--worked with tailback Dick Clasby and wingback John Ederer. The backfield concentrated on line-bucks and reverses, and Ederer and Clasby broke away for occasional long gains...
Athletic Director Thomas D. Bolles announced yesterday that Williams, present backfield coach of the varsity football team, will succeed Coach Frank Richart who directed the golfers for the past two years. Both Richart's varsity squads lost to Yale after otherwise good seasons...
...sophomore backfield worked on offense, with Jerry Marsh at quarterback, Paul Murphy at tailback, Frank White at wingback, and George MacDonald at fullback. The first-string backfield of Dick Clasby, Gil O'Neil, John Ederer, and John Culver was excused from practice...