Word: gannon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Latest selection of "all" teams to reach the Boston papers, the All-New England team, as selected by the United Press Wednesday night, placed center Jack Fisher and wingback Chip Gannon on its last eleven...
...factor in the case of the backstroking staff is whether Dave Murray, outstanding member, will graduate in February. "To lose him," the coach considers, "would be like starting football without Gannon." A versatile fellow with landlubber abilities, Murray holds the national record in the Javelin throw with 210 feet. In the meantime Bob Barnard is sure to see backstroking duties...
Swift Chip Gannon will be the key operative among next year's veterans. Only a Freshman this fall, Gannon nevertheless managed to earn himself plenty of fame around the Ivy circuit. At his wingback post he will always be a long-gain threat and at the same time a back who can be counted on to drive with all the muscle in him for the essential two yards. Chip's work against both ground and aerial attacks has been commendable, and his passing will remain a threat--and a constantly increasing one--especially on his optional end run-pass. Behind...
Although busy extolling the work of his own Fred Nadherny, Levi Jackson, and Company, Odell nevertheless did find time to praise Harvard's "Chip" Gannon for "his splendid work." On the line, he also gave accolades to center Jack Fisher who "was raising hell in there all afternoon." As for the team as a whole, Odell declared that it was "by far the best Harvard team I have ever faced as a Yale coach...
...saga of Chip Gannon and Levi Jackson, due for three more years of exploration, started with a bang . . . . Levi looked very much like a frightened freshman in the opening quarter as he fumbled, stumbled, and then got off a kick on the bottom of his shoes . . . . Chip performed like a veteran, gaining the praise of both sides . . . . Jackson came back later in the game with a series of fine plays . . . . he almost went all the way once, but was stopped by a flying block by Gannon...