Word: flanker
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Herman sends him deep from a right flanker position, shallow from his normal left half position, and just over the line of scrimmage from a motion right. The first of these plays looks something like Harvard's "transcontinental" play that scored against Brown last week-quarterback Stu Tisdale fades back and to the right, and then throws deep and across the field diagonally to Jackson. You will see this one most often when Yale is near the right sideline...
...diversity of the Princeton passing attack comes not only from the throwing skill of Dick Kazmaier (42), but also from the formation shown in panel three. Sella, from his wingback position, can be set to the right as a flanker: fullback Davison can be sent in motion to the left or right, saturating one or the other side of the field with receivers...
...Bellboy line opened up holes for the hard driving halfback Brooks Wilder at midfield, but the T attack always stalled near the goalline. Lowell nearly broke the deadlock in the last minute of play when a run by Bill Graves and a pair of passes from Bob Woodruff to flanker John Goldsmith moved the ball from the Bellboy 20 to the Winthrop 30 before the final whistle blew...
Fullback as Flanker...
With no shift, such as the Harvard T-to-single-wing, Princeton depends on its fullback and wingback for flanker work, with an occasional split end or doubling of the ends on one side of the line. Such a setup allows coach Charley Caldwell to throw as many as three men--and sometimes even four--into the same zone. This utilizes the strong arm of young Mr. Kazmaier to the full...