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...three years Peabody held down the left guard slot on the varsity line. In 1951 the line kept Navy, with its all-American quarterback Bill Busik, to a scoreless tie, bottled up Army, as the Crimson won, 20-6, and stopped Yale cold in a 14-0 Harvard victory. After giving up 19 points in their first game to the University of Pennsylvania, the line allowed only 24 others in their seven remaining contests...
...Captain Peters the Tigers have an accredited triple threat tailback, although his press notices are not so long nor so glowing as these possessed by Barnacle Bill Busik. His wingback mate is Bob Perina, who passes, and both of these are dangerous if shaken loose. Tommy Irwin, the blocking back, and Bud Rose, a powerful fullback, comprise the backfield which should average 195, as compared with Harvard's, which is just under...
Besides putting a stop to the rampages of Busik, except for one 32-yard sweep around end which was terminated by Lee's pinwheel tackle, the stubborn Crimson eleven completely smothered 252 pounds of fighting Flathmann, Navy's big left tackle who was supposed to clear holes in the enemy line by little more than looking...
Very often it seemed as though Busik was about to break away when suddenly one of Harlow's two great guards would come through to break up the play on the line of scrimmage...
...seven slabs, George Holden and Don McNicol played the best games of their respective careers. Though Bill Wilson is still new to Varsity competition, his showing Saturday would never have shown it. And as for Captain Lee, to whom we own the upect--without his stone wall tackle of Busik, the "Bullet" would have gone on to score the winning touchdown for the expected Navy victory