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Word: backfields (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Quaker backfield is not particularly distinguished. Fullback Whit Smith is a hard-running 220-pounder with a 3.0 yard rushing average. Halfback Buzz Hannum, a third-stringer last year, has a 2.9 yard average...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Crimson Face Molloy-Less Penn Today | 10/30/1965 | See Source »

Cobb tried out this fall as a safety, the position he played last year on the freshman team, but he switched to the corner on the advice of defensive backfield coach Loyal Park...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: Cornerman Cobb Stole Indians Blind; Rookie Backed By Dockery And Poe | 10/29/1965 | See Source »

Mike had been hooked when Producer Sy Weintraub offered him a seven-year deal that "will make you as rich as a whole backfield." How hard the money was to come by he began to realize as, groggy and red-eyed from an all-night flight, he stepped off the plane at Rio to meet the press and the heat. Both proved overpowering. Expected to exclaim about the charms of the carioca moças, Mike could only grunt about the weather. Next morning the papers smirkingly conjectured, "Maybe Mike Henry doesn't like women." Then, even faithful chimpanzee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Locations: The Pall of the Wild | 10/29/1965 | See Source »

Rutgers gets some relief from its rough schedule this afternoon and should handle the Lions with moderate ease. Last week the Scarlet Knights lost to Army only 23-6. Columbia's offense, with Rick Ballentine at quarterback and three non-entities in the backfield, won't have much success today...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Stadium Will Be Packed for Today's Game | 10/23/1965 | See Source »

Junior lineman Dick Kelley considers this year's Leverett squad as good as last year's undefeated champs. Only two men have been lost through graduation. Leverett relies on an all-junior backfield of Steve Ekdahl, Jim Powell, Jim Thompson and Steve Maynard. Powell is very fast in the open field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEVERETT GRIDDERS ROLL AGAIN | 10/20/1965 | See Source »

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