Word: culver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Besides Mitchell Price, acknowledged to be possibly the best passer in the East, the only other Lion offensive threat to draw newspaper notice was halfback Bob Mercier. Because they operate from different styles of offense, it is difficult to make exact comparisons, but Dick Clasby and John Culver may be said to balance off this pair. And that's not counting reserve fullback Jerry Blitz, who showed extremely well against Springfield, and wingback John Ederer, who had not yet hit his stride last Saturday...
...Crimson, playing without two-way guard Eli Manos, couldn't organize its attack effectively at first. But with Dick Clasby and John Culver carrying, it managed to stage an 11-play 44-yard march to score at 7:16 of the second period. Bill Monteith booted the first of his three extra points, and the score was tied...
...Culver, who scored this time, added two more six-pointers during the afternoon, and ended with a 174-yard total (six yards per carry). Clasby's 152 yards gave him, too, a six-yard average...
...most important play of the Crimson's second half drive (Harvard led, 14 to 7, at the intermission), was a fake punt on third down, on which Culver smashed over guard for 14 yards and a first down. This helped set up the third, clinching score...
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