Word: emper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rest of the defensive secondary, with one exception, is also new. The exception is Captain Bill Emper, who is the defense's answer to Kubacki. All-Ivy a year ago, Emper is getting national recognition this time around, probably because his leaping profile was captured by an alert photographer in the Dartmouth game and wired across the country. He deserves it; he provides glue-like coverage which he applied to Bob Farnham and Gary Fencik in the Brown and Yale games respectively...
...Keeping Emper company will be either Walt Royal or Andy Puopolo, both returning lettermen, at the other halfback slot, while Paul Halas, a quarterback last year, a defensive secondary man now, and Bill Wendel will roam free at safety, although not at the same time...
Watching my first Harvard football game, I couldn't believe my eyes. After years of watching Bill Emper intercept passes, swish the corner shot and turn over the double play as No. 22, the new number just didn't fit. To forget the number that had broken so many of my tackles in high school practice was impossible...
Although Bill Emper became a household name in Nether Providence, colleges did not recruit him heavily. Neither a class rank of six nor interception records attracted the big schools to the little cornerback. "Only one school that could give scholarships approached me," he says. "I guess they thought I was too small...
Bill plans to attend medical school. The Nether Providence fans wish Bill Emper could continue his football career. Even if he had to wear...