Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...does most of Lehigh's running, as well as most of the pass catching. He specializes in catching passes in Harvard Stadium. The other halfback, Jim Wilson, is a little more plodding, but has been known to find holes in the line. Mike Noel, a sophomore, is a fullback and is more easily contained...
...addition, Harvard's offensive thrust should be a little more sophisticated than last year. When Ted Halaby was injured early last season, Yovicsin was faced with the prospect of going with two sophomore quarterbacks, a sophomore fullback, and relatively inexperienced halfbacks. Now that this crew has had a season to gain confidence and learn new skills, Yovvy feels safer about trying greater diversity. The attack will be better balanced between passing and running, and there will be more pass option plays...
Died. Whiting W. Willauer, 55, a hard-muscled Princeton fullback ('28) turned FBI lawyer, World War II China hand and troubleshooting U.S. diplomat in Central America; of a heart attack; in Nantucket, Mass. Whitey Willauer ran the quasi-military China Defense Supplies Inc., feeding fuel and arms to General Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers," stayed on after the war to help Chennault organize and run Nationalist China's Civil Air Transport Service, "the most shot at civilian airline in history." Later, as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, he helped quarterback the 1954 revolution that overthrew the pro-Communist...
...second type waxes in athletic ability and interest while he is here, as did the sparky fullback from Cherokee, Iowa, Jim Nelson. Called "crazylegs" because he ran in what appeared to be an awkward manner in his freshman and sophomore years, Nelson last fall was billed as the man who went "from stand-in to standout." At the end of the season he won the New England senior football award...
Galen Cisco, the old Ohio State fullback, has pitched well for the Sox, however, and now stands 2-0. Gene Conley, the old Boston Celtics front-court man, is 2-1. And a huge slab of meat (6 ft., 6 in., 240 lbs.) named Dick Radatz has struck out 11 men in six innings of relief work...