Word: culver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...side, an old Harvard grad, he must have been Class of '14 or so, sat down and cried with joy. The declared read Visitors 13, Yale 0. Already, more youthful Harvards were swarming through the Bowl's exits singing and cheering jubilantly. A few yards to the side, John Culver and Nick Culolias, 200 pound giants, were playfully slamming each other on the back...
Harvard has the East's best halfback in Clasby, a smashing fullback in John Culver, and a very accurate if very small passer in Carroll Lowenstein. And it also has an experienced line which has repelled all opposing attacks, stopping even Princeton's Homer Smith. One of the big reasons for the line's improvement guard Bill Meigs, was only a freshman standout last season; the last time Harvard won at New Haven he was in the second grade. Along with Meigs, guard Tim Anderson and center Jeff Coolidge have made the inside of the line particularly difficult to penetrate...
...Culver, Clasby...
This will be the last time that Harvard football fans will watch Culver and Clasby play for the varsity. Starting as sophomores after the Crimson had won two games in two years, they have, as much as anyone, been responsible for bringing respect back to Harvard football. Clasby, a breakaway runner who always gets extra yardage, and Culver, who gained often by just knocking down opposing linemen, have never had outstanding days against Yale...
...Fremont-Smith (LT); 76, Pfahl (T); 77, Maher (RT); 79, Volkert (RT); 80, Cochran (LE); 81, Popell (RE); 82, Yoffe (LE); 84, Morrison (LE); 86, Clark (RE); 87, Armory (E).Read to open in the Bowl this afternoon is the backfield of FRANK WHITE, JERRY MARSH, JOHN CULVER, and DICK CLASBY and the line of JOE ROSS, ORVILLE TICE, BERNIE O'BRIEN, TIM ANDERSON, JEFF COOLIDGE, BILL MEIGS, and BILL WEBER...