Word: cross
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Elsewhere along its line, the Purple has average-size football players. There is Jim Dieckleman, a 5-foot-9, 192-pound end who starred in the 1945 Holy Cross-Boston College game, and won the Edward O'Melia trophy for his performance. The other end is Tom Kelleher who shines on defense and specializes in circus catches of the forward pass...
...center, Holy Cross has 202-pound Jim Deffley, playing his third year as varsity pivotman, and highly regarded by Crusader followers for his vicious tackling. The left guard is Hank Beaulieu, 196 pounds of muscular energy. His running mate on the other side of the line, Jim Reilly, weighs 189 pounds...
...fetched to compare Holy Cross Coach Bill Osmanski's team with the Chicago Bears. It is not so farfetched when one remembers that Harvard Coach Art Valpey's Harvard team is trying to catch on to the Michigan single-wing attack...
...Holy Cross's best passer is its 162-pound tailback Joe Byers. Besides being able to throw a football, he can kick the ball, as well as run with it. The 21-year-old sophomore played in the Orange Bowl in 1946, and scored on a 54-yard...
...fastest man in the Holy Cross backfield is wingback Bobby Farrell. A varsity track man, he is considered a constant breakaway threat and is playing his second year of varsity ball...