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Word: captains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bison line, led by center Larry Mathias, the team captain, is fast and aggressive. It limited Gettysburg to only 32 yards on the ground. Averaging 202 pounds, it is not exceptionally large but has more than compensated for this with its great speed. Guard Charlie Negran and tackle Dick Boudreau spent much of their time last Saturday stopping Gettysburg backs before they reached the line of scrimmage...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Crimson Eleven Meets Bucknell In Bid for Second Non-Ivy Win | 10/3/1959 | See Source »

...Captain and left end Hank Keohane has still not recovered from a torn shoulder, but his place will be handled by the only sophomore on the starting team, Bob Boyda. One of the best pass receivers on the squad, he did an excellent job on defense against Massachusetts. Dave Cappiello rounds out the exterior defensive line at right...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Crimson Eleven Meets Bucknell In Bid for Second Non-Ivy Win | 10/3/1959 | See Source »

Yale's Jim Stack made use of a dazzling kick to win the 440, tying the meet once again and setting the stage for the relay. Stack's time, 49.0, was less than sensational, but he needed a desperate finish to overhaul Harvard captain Albie Gordon and Mike Riegels of Oxford...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Touring Harvard-Yale Track Team Takes Oxford-Cambridge Classic | 10/2/1959 | See Source »

This is the play where the old patriarch Captain Shotover suddenly begins "weirdly chanting...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Heartbreak House | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

...devil in Zanzibar, and can divine water, spot gold, explode a cartridge in your pocket with a glance of his eye, and see the truth hidden in the heart of men." Made up with a white beard in a wretchedly unsuccessful attempt to look like G.B.S., "Mr. Evans' Captain," as A. E. Watts acutely notices in the Traveler, "is a cute old rascal who encourages some people in thinking he is whoopsy...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Heartbreak House | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

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