Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...field, Hendricks looks like a basketball player who accidentally put on the wrong uniform. Confident that he can easily pack another 25 or 30 Ibs. onto his lean frame, scouts predict the "Stork" will continue to "worry hell out of a backfield" with his long-arm way of deflecting passes, and snagging ballcarriers from behind. Stanfill is a relentless de fender who specializes in flattening quarterbacks. Nothing fancy about him, say the scouts, "just a big strong boy who gets to the ballcarrier...
...Bill Enyart, Oregon State, 6 ft. 3 in., 235 Ibs.; and Bob Babich, Miami (Ohio), 6 ft. 2 in., 225 Ibs. Pritchard is "a great hitter who can crunch the wide play" and has the speed to stick with a receiver coming out of the backfield. One scout ranks him with top Pro Linebackers Tommy Nobis and Dick Butkus. The only difference "is that Pritchard is one inch shorter." Enyart, who also rates high as an offensive fullback, is "a hardnosed kid who can make those snap judgments that give him a jump on the play." Known for his bone...
Frank in the Flesh. Seldom has a college backfield contained two more offensive threats than Yale's Quarterback Brian Dowling and Halfback Calvin Hill. A real-life Frank Merriwell, Dowling does everything but carry water, and in three seasons he has rewritten the Yale record book. No less talented is Hill, a slashing runner with 13 touchdowns to his credit this year...
Simpson, Keyes, and Hanratty are also on the UPI All-America team, which was chosen Monday. Bill Enyurt of Oregon State fills out the starting backfield at fullback...
Harvard, with only five players of the 13, placed captain Vic Gatto and guard Tom Jones on the offensive team. Gatto joined two Yalies--Calvin Hill and Brian Dowling--and Columbia's Marty Domres in the starting backfield...