Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...right, second-team quarterback Mike Bassett (23) hands off to halfback Bill Taylor (12). Other Crimson players identifiable are fullback Fred Bartl (30) and guard Ernie Zissis (69). Taylor was a pleasant surprise for coach John Yovicsin. Hurt early in September, he was not expected to play this fall. But he excelled Saturday, in his third day of contact work...
Cornell favors inside and outside belly plays starting with dives by fullback Ken Kavensky. Also, it likes to use men in motion...
Harvard will probably continue a tradition it revived last Saturday by using fullback Bill Grana as a runner. In the past, Crimson fullbacks have primarily been used only for blocking, as happened last year when they carried the ball an average of just six times per game. Last Saturday Grana took the ball 15 times for 89 yards, an average of 5.9 per carry, and one touchdown...
This doesn't happen much with Eliot, however. Eight players from last year's championship team are back, including quarterback Roger Skemp and center Hugh Ault. Running out of a split T. Eliot uses Andy Shea and Mark Woodbury at halfback, and Keith Striggow at fullback. Woodbury's left-handed passes make the Elephant offense particularly dangerous...
...first-string backfield is loaded with talent: quarterback Dave McKelvey, halfbacks George Tolesh and Marcy Tino, and fullback Ken Kavensky--all seniors. Harvard scout Paul McKee reported that Cornell is "absolutely teric. We won't see any better team in Cambridge this fall...