Word: coached
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Buff Donelli, starting his first season as the Terrier's coach, has done a remarkable job with the squad. He has moulded a few newcomers and about 30 leftovers from last fall's team into a precisioned outfit, capable of holding ground with the best teams in New England...
While compiling this record Buff became involved in a coaching setup as intricate as any of his winged-T offensive maneuvers. He opened the 1941 season as head coach of both the Duquesne eleven and the professional Pittsburgh Steelers, staying at the head of the pro team until the last game of the season. At that time however when he traveled to the coast to lead the Dukes against St. Mary's, thereby stranding the Steelers in the east, the professionals decided to part ways...
...once more. He served as an assistant in Brooklyn and then had a successful year as head tutor of the Cleveland Rams. He was drafted into the navy in 1945 and assigned as in instructor in the V-12 unit at Columbia where he helped Lou Little as backfield coach. Last year, after his discharge from the service, Little kept him on as first assistant and indicate that he was slated as the next boss of Morningside Heights...
...Travel is terrific this year," Bingham explained. "We used to get round trips for a fare and a tenth, but, the railroads don't care what they charge now and we have to pay regular rates." He said salaries for all coaches run under $100,000, and that, contrary to popular opinion, the third-string quarterback does not make more than a full professor. No coach's salary, in fact, exceeds that of a professor. Laundry bills run high, especially for towels, the players always want more to eat, calling for steak when they get roast beef, and incidentals cost...
...overshadow the Crimson, the Elis having the use of a rink daily and Dartmouth having natural too while all Boston teams struggle to share what little artificial ice there is. Wrestling, attracted crowds last winter which bordered on Indoor Building basketball turnouts. Bingham attributed this to the popularity of Coach Clarence (chief) Boston, and to such crowd pleasing grapplers as heavy-weight Pete Fuller. Meanwhile, swimming and baseball lag far behind. "Baseball hasn't paid since the 20's," said Bingham. "We need to draw 12,000 to 15,000 for the Yale game and sometimes needed extra seats...