Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Latin, Congregatio Sanctae Crucis (C.S.C.). *Rockne's famed 1922-24 backfield: Quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, Halfbacks Don Miller and Jim Crowley, Fullback Elmer Layden. *The yellow "Notre Dame brick," made originally from marl in nearby St. Joseph's Lake and now manufactured in New Jersey...
...Fullback Bill Grana was the first sophomore chosen for the first team since Danny Sachs of Princeton turned the trick in 1957. The promising Tiger Tailback was hampered by injuries for the rest of his career and never made it again...
...Fullback: Bob Ferguson, 22, Ohio State; 6 ft., 215 Ibs. Only first-string repeater from TIME's 1960 All-America, Ferguson is a punishing, pile-driving runner with good straight-ahead speed (TIME, Nov. 24). Pro scouts are skeptical about his ability to alter course abruptly or block effectively, but they are willing to take a chance. Says one: "The toughest running back in the toughest conference in the country...
...Individual statistics Harvard fared incredibly badly. No varsity member ranked in the top ten in either total offense or passing. Fullback Bill Grana, however, finished ninth in rushing, fifth in punting, and fifth in scoring in the Ivy League...
Also on the All-Ivy first team: Barry Schumann, Princeton end; Bob Asack, Columbia tackle; Matt Black, Yale center; Tony Day, Columbia guard; Gary Wood, Cornell quarterback; Greg Riley, Princeton halfback; Tom Haggerty, Columbia halfback; and Tom O'Connor, Columbia fullback...