Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...three teams as chosen by Walter Camp are as follows: First Eleven. End--Higgins, Penn, State Tackle--West, Colgate Guard--Alexander, Syracuse Centre--Weaver Centre Guard--Youngstron, Dartmouth Tackle--Henry, W. and J. End--H. Miller, Penn. Quarter--McMillin, Centre Halfback--Casey, Harvard Halback--Harley, Ohio State Fullback--Rodgers, West Virginia Second Eleven. End--Weston, Wisconsin Tackle--Ingerson, Illinois Guard--Denfield, Annapolis Centre--Bailey, West Virginia Guard--Depler, Illinois Tackle--Grimm, Washington End--Dumoe, Lafayette Quarter--Strubing, Princeton Halfback--Trimble, Princeton Halfback--Oss, Minnesota Fullback--Braden, Yale Third Eleven. End--Blaik, West Point Tackle--Slater, Iowa Guard--Clark, Harvard Centre...
That's the fullback's signal to buck the line...
...first year, 1876, Yale emerged the champion. It is interesting to note that in these games Yale's fullback, O. D. Thompson, defeated both Harvard and Princeton by a goal from the field, executed while running at full speed, a feat unseen in the 40 years since. It was on this early team that Walter Camp, football's great personality, played halfback for Yale...
...have three fine men in Fisher, Tilton and Glaser. Fisher, at forward, is a powerful offense man and has accounted for a good share of our goals. Captain Tilton, halfback, and Glaser, fullback, are in the game every minute and are constantly breaking up their opponents' plays. But the other men are good, too; they all are getting onto the game better as time goes on and by next year we ought to have an all-star team...
...signal drill yesterday. Almost every day since that fierce battle he has spent the afternoon kicking goals from the field, and it is in that connection that he will probably enter the Yale game. Until a critical moment his brother, A. Horween '20, will take his berth at fullback. But when the team comes within scoring distance by a field goal, the older Horween's recent practice in that department may stand the Crimson in good stead...