Word: blockers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more optimistic side, Wood did mention a few technical improvements he found in football--the place kick, for instance. Wood and the players of his day converted extra points and booted field goals by drop kick so as to gain an extra blocker, but he admits now that the modern place kick "is more accurate and quicker...
...glide that enable him to change pace or direction without losing stride. Judd Timm, the Princeton backfield coach, an ex-trackman at Illinois, describes Kazmaier's running style: "He runs 'light,' with a nice forward lean; if he wants to slow down to pick up a blocker, he just straightens...
Quarterback Gill O'Neil, better known as a blocker, started the Crimson on on its way again, taking the kickoff on his 29 and ripping to the 47. Harvard kept right on moving, mostly on the ground, although Ederer flipped once to Clasby for 13 and Ossman compounded his fake by pretending to pitch out, then passing over the line for 12 more. Ossman utilized a straight buck at 11:07 to score the touchdown which broke Bruno's back. The Bruins were able to score early in the fourth quarter, mostly using a clever optional pitchout. Leone would circle...
Jordan's decision to use John Culver at fullback is a gamble. The big sophomore is easily the hardest runner on the squad, but Tom Ossman is a better blocker, and much more experienced. Culver's power, though, is too valuable an offensive weapon to be relegated to substitute duty...
...tackles are 197-pound Chuck Hemminger, a reserve last season, and George Kline, a senior letterman. Kline weighs 201 pounds and is a vicious blocker. The guards are small, with Al Clark, a letterman, weighing only 178 pounds and his running mate, George Hawke, going 185. The center, 186-pound Al Hickok, is the Tigers' other two-way operator. He backs up the line on defense...