Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From end to end, the starting line averages 239 lbs. per man. The fullback runs the 100 in 10 sec. flat, and he is only the third fastest man on the team. The four backs, between them, have accounted for 25 touchdowns. It is the best college football team in the U.S.-but it exists only on paper. All season long, perched in some remote corner of the stadium, immune to the blare of the band and the frenzy of the fans, the professional football scout sits with notebook and binoculars, looking for tomorrow's men among today...
...FULLBACK: Joe Don Looney, 21, no college, 6 ft. 1 in., 225 lbs. A peripatetic athlete who visited briefly at Texas, Texas Christian and Cameron State Junior College, Looney was on the Oklahoma first-string at season's start; then he slugged an assistant coach in practice and was summarily booted off the team. But Looney is a fine punter, a devastating runner, and obviously aggressive enough for the pros. The scouts' second choice: Jim Grisham, 20 (6 ft. 2 in., 211 lbs.), the current Oklahoma fullback...
Meanwhile, the Elephants moved quickly for their first score. A blocked punt recovered by Eliot on the Branford 40 set up a snappy six-play touchdown drive, capped by fullback Bob Yager's seven-yard scoring dash. Eillott Topkins' attempted conversion hit the crossbar and bounced back, but the Elephants...
...Crimson controlled the ball in the early monents of the game, but couldn't pose a serious threat until midway through the quarter. Then Akuffo took a pass down the left sideline, beating the Yale fullback, and came in on the unprotected goalie to scoot the ball into the far corner...
...team's defensive stalwart is right fullback Sandy Peterson. Aided by the somewhat less spectacular but consistent Carl Seitz at left fullback, he has managed to spare the Yale goalie from excessive work throughout most of the season...