Word: coaches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Coach Valpey himself supervised play from the sidelines in a T-shirt and slacks, even though visibility was to bad that observers huddled in the pressbox could hardly see the field of play through the murk. Coach Valpey has a word for all this: "fire". It's a word that will be heard often on Soldiers Field this fall...
Thus did Freshman football coach Henry Lamar characterize his won personal problems at the end of yesterday's "Strictly-for-fun" practice. The first official practice session is next Monday afternoon; before then, Lamar will know very little about the final makeup of his squad...
...panel Howle-Houston sets his sights on the last green-jerseyed defender, while tailback Pete Petrillo heads for the sidelines and backfield coach Davy Nelson (to the right of Petrillo) watches the play develop...
...bottom photo, snapped a split second later, shows Houston completing his block, while Petrillo gets up full stream for the end zone. End coach Elmer Madar can now be seen standing between Petrillo and Don Nosak (left center), and the man with the hood on in the middle of the picture is line coach Forrest "Butch" Jordan...
Scrimmages were held nearly every Saturday during the six-week spring training phase. Then, as now, the emphasis was on fundamentals. "We're never going to get fancy until we have precision," cautions Coach Valpey...