Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Russ Bell single-handedly gave Harvard a 3-0 lead in the third period. A hard shot from far out bounced off a Dartmouth fullback and rolled slowly toward the goalie. Bell out-raced the Indian net-minder to the ball, took a quick step to his right and found himself standing on the goal line with no one in front of him. The sophomore right wing enthusiastically walloped the ball into the open...
...situation is even worse for a varsity fullback. What are you trying to do as a fullback? Either kick the ball out of bounds or boom it as far away from the goal as possible. Neither move brings oohs or ahhhs from the crowd because of fancy footwork...
Another factor enters the situation-failure. When the fullback, running back wards, fails to stop the lineman speeding forward, there is no one behind him but the two-foot wide goalie and what looks like a net 100 yards wide...
...worth a profile? Bob Gray, senior fullback of the varsity soccer team, was wrong. Now he is embarrassed...
Every amateur soccer player knows that fullback is the worst position in the world to play. In intramurals, the best booters rush to the front line positions and then tell the shy beginners to "give it a try at fullback." Ten seconds later the semi-pros are charging down the field with the ball, smiling greedily as they spot their innocent prey attempting to stop them...