Word: crones
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...observers were hoping for such a happy finale after watching the Crimson's opening effort against Holy Cross. The Crusaders sailed right through the middle of the Harvard defense for 200 yards in the first half, and the Crimson offense went virtually nowhere. Rod Foster replaced injured Eric Crone in the second half and marched the Crimson up and down the field, but a crucial dropped pass and a last-second interception doomed Harvard to the short end of a 21-16 score...
...playing condition I had planned to be in the following fall. The only thing that gave me cause for concern was the obvious difference in the way the coaches were favoring the white players as opposed to the blacks. Attention seemed to be focused on Gatto, DeMars and Eric Crone in particular. Black players like Rod Foster, Bill Craven, and myself seemed to receive little notice, and in many cases, blacks were totally overlooked...
STILL I KEPT TRYING and eventually moved up to a third-string halfback position. Rod Foster and Bill Craven also moved up. Foster was alternating with Eric Crone for the first-string quarterback position and Craven was now a third-string flanker. Stephens, the backfield coach, continued to show no appreciation for my talents and hustle. Many players like Tom Miller and Varney would walk through plays and rarely went all out in drills. That would have never been tolerated from any player at Drake. Miller and Varney felt safe doing so because it was obvious to them...
THOUGH I HAD MANY outstanding junior varsity games, and was frequently the leading rusher. I finally quit the team after gaining 180 yards against Princeton. I had seen players like DeMars and Crone advance to starting positions on the varsity, but I remained a lowly junior varsity, but I remained a lowly junior varsity player. From week to week. I would go in and ask the coaches why I was not being moved up to the varsity. They gave me every reason in the world but the truth. On different occasions, Stephens would tell me varying reasons...
...INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Total Offense Leaders Player Yds YdPG DeMars 704 78.2 Stoeckel 516 73.7 Crone 213 53.3 Gatto 448 49.8 Foster 368 40.9 Tackling Leaders Player Tackles Assists Ignacio 60 11 Neal 41 15 Ferguson 48 7 McHugh 36 11 Vena 38 3 Rushing Player Att Avg DeMars 135 5.2 Gatto 114 3.9 Krohn 26 3.8 Leone 26 3.6 Hall 18 3.4 Foster 46 1.8 Crone 15 8.8 Pass Receiving Player Ct Yds Sullivan 20 313 DeMars 16 181 Hagerty...