Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Winthrop Coach Dwight Hyde is starting Wally Breeley at quarterback, with another strong starter, Bill Hickey, in one of the other backfield posts. The Adams team, reinforced by Dune Stephens, a Colorado transfer student who will be playing halfback, is coached by Bob Coffey...
...other members of the first-string backfield at present are junior Howie Finney at left half, junior Ronnie Noonan at fullback, and sophomore Ronnie Messer at right half. Dick Scheer, a sophomore who did not play football as a freshman, reported Monday and may clinch one of the halfback spots...
What's wrong with the football team is that it consistently plays teams which have better players, and more of them. This applies particularly to the line, but also in great measure to the backfield...
...Cochran and Jim Ross at ends, Stan Pfahl and Bernie Kafka at tackles, guards Herb Grossman and Tim Anderson, and Pete Stern at center. Stern won the starting nod over Chuck Wood and Bill Toohey, although the latter two can be expected to see plenty of action. The backfield has Tom Cambell at quarterback. Joe Conzelman and Frank White at the halfback positions and Bob Albert at fullback...
...result, Jordan is likely to spring several varieties of passing. He has been working the team hard this week, using pass play's which involve every member of the backfield...