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What's more, unlike many top pro runners (including Cleveland's great Jimmy Brown), Gilchrist is a superb blocker. With Cookie picking off the blitzers, Buffalo's quarterbacks have had to eat the ball only six times all season...
...good defensive back, and a good punt returner. But Wally Grant, Bobby Leo, and John Dockery are as fine a trio of halfbacks as you'll find in the league. Fullback Pat Conway is not only a track-team sprinter, but, in Yovicsin's estimation, "about as good a blocker as Bill Grana," or about as good as they come...
Harvard gets excellent blocking for its rushing plays. Grana is indispensable, and linemen like Tom Stephenson and Jeff Pochop hit their men with singular aggressiveness. Bassett, too is a fine blocker. But a long march which relies almost exclusively on fairly short-gaining runs can too easily be stopped: by a penalty, a fumble, a missed block...
...unusual combination of quickness and power in his runs, and could become one of Harvard's greatest football players. John Dockery, a less-publicized sophomore, runs the 100-yard dash in 9.9 seconds and performs the rather startling maneuver of catching passes thrown to him. Grana, solid as a blocker and defensive player, once in awhile runs with the irresistable character he manifested as a sophomore. Bassett has had too many passes dropped by his receivers to be a happy man, but he remains the coolest quarterback in the Temperate Zone...
...will probably be second only to Gary Wood of Cornell in consistency and team contribution. If he can avoid the early-injury fate of Charlie Ravenel and Ted Halaby the Crimson will have experienced, dependable leadership. Bill Grana returns at fullback, giving Harvard at least one superb runner and blocker. Stan Yastrzemski should be an adequate replacement for senior fullback Fred Barti on the second team...