Word: fullbacks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...work of the football men yesterday morning was the last forenoon practice for the year. The backs spent most of the time punting against the wind. Kennedy L. S., formerly fullback on the Leland Stanford eleven came out for the first time. He showed the lack of practice, his punting being slow and unsteady. The work of the morning was of the usual elementary nature...
...afternoon after the preliminary work two scrub elevens lined up. Kennedy, who was fullback on one, made one splendid punt and several good rushes, although Brown, the opposing fullback, punted more steadily, dropping a beautiful goal from the 30 yard line...
George Brooke, the noted fullback o the University of Pennsylvania eleven, is at Cornell the guest of Capt. Beacham, of next fall's football team. He is coaching the candidates for the position behind the line...
...Casper Whitney has decided in regard to the question of eligibility of football players which was referred to him by Harvard and Pennsylvania, that no man who has played four years on college teams shall be eligible. The decision bars out Captain Williams and Fullback Brooke, of the Pennsylvania team, both of whom have played more than four years, but were still eligible under the Pennsylvania rule, which allows a man to play four years on a Pennsylvania team, no matter how long he may have played elsewhere...
Yesterday afternoon the football squad did lighter work than usual on account of the new men coming out. The following men came out for the first time: Kennedy L. S., who played fullback on the University of California team; H. Scott '98, captain of his freshman team; Holt, who played on this year's 'varsity; T. Hoague '98, Warren of the Cambridge High and Latin School, Stone '98, Tuckerman '97, Lee of Newton High, Seaver '98, Marvin '98, Woodward '98, Jackson '98, Whiteside L. S., Pitts '97, Knox '98, and Valentine '98. The line men practiced breaking through and falling...