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...unlikely guest entry was the Florida Institute of Technology squad, which is touring the Northeast. The Floridians, coached by Henry Scott, who played in the same backfield with Bob Hayes at Texas A& M, unofficially finished second...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Golfers Take Greater Boston Tourney | 5/2/1978 | See Source »

...pegged him for the pinnacle. Said Brown: "Walter had the quickness and the moves and the instincts of just a great runner. He was the most impressive back that I've seen come into the league in a long time." Fred O'Connor, Chicago's backfield coach, was moved to assert: "God must have taken a chisel and said, 'I'm gonna make me a halfback.' " O'Connor, God knows, seems to be right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Running Wild | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...Terry Metcalf, 5 ft. 10 in., 185 Ibs., set an N.F.L. record in 1975 for net yardage by cashing in on his size: "I'm smaller and harder to grab. If they can't hit me, they can't hurt me." Lawrence dashed into the Chicago backfield earlier this season to sack Quarterback Bob Avellini, but such heroics are generally off-limits to him. "I never go into the interior line-that's no-no land. Venture into there at my size and I'm taking a chance with my life. I also stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Runts in the Big League | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

Indeed, the multiflex offense is dependent upon open holes and key blocks. Without them, all the razzle-dazzle that goes on in the backfield goes for naught past the line of scrimmage...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: There Were Ups and Downs, But Mostly Downs | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...then the new Chris Doherty took control again, avoiding a seemingly imminent game ejection by trotting off the field before the brouhaha got out of hand. This is the Doherty that has tamed his temper and come up with a banner season in the Crimson backfield...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: A Beauty Who's a Beast | 11/1/1977 | See Source »

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