Word: cornerback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard, coming off a 35-32 win over Brown last weekend, will be full force for the Yale game, Restic said. Running back Neal Miller, who sat out the second half of the Brown game with a head injury, is back at practice this week. And Restic said cornerback Joe Sciolla will be ready to play Saturday, after an injury that has sidelined him for three weeks...
...most productive B.U. offense weapon has been its defense. Fourteen of the 22 points the Terriers have accumulated this season came on pass interceptions run back for scores, one by cornerback Rick Porter, the other by safety Greg Pemberton...
Rich Bridich, a defensive cornerback who doubled as starting catcher for the championship baseball team despite ankle, thigh and knee injuries during his last two seasons, won the Jack Fadden Award for overcoming "physical adversity." Swimming manager Jack Berizzi took the Manager's Trophy...
While Foster played quarterback and running back at Harvard, most professional scouts he has been in contact with think of him in terms of his potential as a cornerback. In his Harvard career Foster gained 694 yards on the ground for a 4.8 average and ten touchdowns, passed for 733 yards and 13 touchdowns, and returned kickoffs for 603 additional yards...
...John Carroll University, a Jesuit school in Cleveland, Don took stock of himself and decided, "I was not good enough to become a really good halfback." He concentrated instead on learning how to play cornerback on defense. In part, that experience may explain Shula's knack for getting men to play above and beyond their skills; a mediocre talent himself, he learned early to admit his limitations and make the most of his assets. Although slow and a bit bulky (5 ft. 11 in., 200 lbs.) as defensive backs go, Shula was nevertheless drafted by the Cleveland Browns...