Word: dignan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Princeton, N. J. October 9, 1925.--Coach Roper today surprised followers of Princeton football by announcing that he would start Bridges, Dignan, Weeks, and Disston in the backfield against Washington in the backfield against Washington and Lee tomorrow. Dignan is the only one of the backs who played on the Tiger first team last Saturday against Amherst...
...into action until the second quarter, Amherst following suit with the same tactics. The two elevens that lined up against the Purple were as follows; first team; Captain McMillan, center; Baldwin and Crago, guards. Gates and Rosengarten, tackles; Jeffers and Moeser, ends; Caulkins, Gilligan, Slagle and Dignan, backs;, Second Team: Lea and Bartell, ends; Meislahn and French, tackles; Blake and Keith, guards; Hobson, center; Chandler, Prendergast, Booth, and Bridges, backs...
...American lineup last fall, appears to be the best of the lot. With the huddle system again in vogue, he is calling signals in place of Captain Stout. An accurate passer, a brilliant runner, a fine drop-kicker, and a good punter, he is a genuine quadruple threat man. Dignan, a kicker and line plunger, Caulkins, and Gilligan make up the rest of the backfield. Bridges, the diminutive Virginian from the 1928 eleven, may force his way into this combination before long. He showed up unusually well as an interference man and line plunger Saturday...
Princeton, meeting Amherst in its opening contest, also appears strong behind the line. Caulkens, former St. Mark's star, will pilot the Orange and Black eleven, with Gilligan and the brilliant Stagle at the halfback positions, Dignan, like the halfbacks, a veteran, will do the line plunging from fullback. Coach Roper also has a complete reserve backfield on hand, composed of Bridges, Chandler, Ewing, and Prendergast. Bridges was star line bucker on the freshman team last fall and Ewing is Princeton's sharpshooting drop-kicker...
...were put through an effective drill and the whole squad wound up the day with a session of tackling the dummy. The probable lineup against. Yale will be McMillan center: Hills and Howard, guards, Beattle and Gates, tackles; Stout and Gates, tackles Stone and Drews, ends. Dinsmore, Quarterback Slagle, Dignan and Caldwell, backs...