Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dark. Before Lombardi's arrival, recalls Hornung, "I wanted to get out of Green Bay. I had been wandering around in a daze-quarterback, halfback, fullback. Having a coach's backing was like coming out of the dark...
Hornung played well in 1959 as the Packers rallied to finish with a respectable 7-5 record, but not until this year did he hit full stride. He kicks field goals. He catches passes. He sweeps the ends. He passes. He slashes up the middle. Paired with jolting Fullback Jim Taylor (6 ft., 210 lbs.), Hornung gives the Packers the most powerful running game in the league...
...Fullback: Bob Ferguson, 21, Ohio State; 6 ft., 225 Ibs. A junior, Ferguson has surprising speed in addition to pure brute power. "He runs over people-the other guys, his own guys, everybody...
Other members of the first team were Denny Master of Brown, goalie; John Stobo of Dartmouth, right fullback; Julie Cooper of Cornell, left fullback; Steve Venslage of Princeton, right halfback; Charley Kalme of Penn, center halfback; Charley Buehler of Columbia, left halfback; John Pearce of Yale, right inside; Lew van Amerongen of Princeton, center forward; and Steve Chase of Dartmouth, left wing...
Besides the Harvard players, the second eleven was composed of Mickey Michel of Princeton, goalie; Pete Pochna of Yale, left fullback; Art Trotman of Yale, right halfback; Jim Zug of Princeton, center halfback; Connie Strauli of Dartmouth, right wing: Dave McKinley of Pennsylvania, right inside; Larry Holden of Dartmouth, left inside; and Elias Lwowski of Cornell, left wing...