Word: crones
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sophomore quarterback Rod Foster started off the game Saturday with a 47-yard kick-off return. His replacement, sophomore Eric Crone, ended it with a 28-yard touchdown...
Also, sophomore quarterback Eric Crone has moved up as number two signal caller after directing the JV's to a 27-0 rout of Northeastern Monday...
Smith graduated in June, but the other three will be back. Eric Crone, a freshman, and Billy Kelly, a safety who played quarterback in high school, are two other candidates for the position. None of the five is an obvious choice, so they'll all have to fight it out in the September training camp...
...Foster may have the best chance of breaking in as the regular signal-caller. Kelly, at 6' 2", 195, has the best size of any serious contender for the position, can run and pass fairly well, and is probably the most knowledgeable field general. Foster, who split duties with Crone on the freshman team last year, is the flashiest competitor since John McCluskey to challenge for the quarterback slot. The speediest, most elusive runner on the team, he is a superb scrambler and is extremely dangerous when given daylight. But his passing is deficient, and this is a serious problem...
...Crone, who compares well with Kelly in size, is a good physical quarterback, but lacks the necessary poise to take over a starting spot at the moment. Guerra, who saw action as a reserve on the freshman squad last year, may need seasoning with the JV squad before he is ready to assume a varsity role...