Word: galphin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...starting Eliot lineup: le, Pugh; It, Palmer; lg, Relyea; c, England; rg, Dampman; rt, Frank; re, Guyld; tb, Rossiter; qb, Montgomery; wb, Wilder; fb, Galphin...
With George Galphin cracking into the line and Jim Rossiter shooting his pop-fly passes, they rumbled--somewhat saltingly--down the field to a first down on the 25. Three plays failed to make ground and Rossiter appeared to be trapped on his fourth down desperation pass attempt but he wriggled loose from several tacklers and threw a long, high, floppy pass to Harvey Guild who caught it over a Deacon defender's head deep in the end zone for a touchdown. Rossiter screen-passed for the extra point, making the halftime score...
...litte while yesterday afternoon, it looked as if Eliot's undefeated elephants were going to lose a football game. Then in the closing minutes fullback George Galphin plunged over from the Winthrop 6 inch line to give his team a 13 to 7 victory...
Then in the last period Eliot traveled again. A sustained march carried to the 6 inch line, but an inspiring goal line stand by the Puritan line held the Elephants there for two plays. Finally Galphin bulled his way through the middle for the score...
...devastating running of George Galphin and Jim Rossiter shattered the Leverett defenses in the second half, and led undefeated Eliot to its fourth straight win in the Inter-House League by a 19 to 7 count...