Search Details

Word: grid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...traditional Harvard-Yale grid battle is annually debunked on every side. There isn't a player on either team who has the slightest claim to AH-America honors; neither squad has the faintest claim in high ranking among the football powers of the nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard-Yale Gridiron Battle Has Appeal to Outsiders And Alumni Alike Who Jammed Soldiers Field Stadium | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

Today the Yale grid camp must be quite disturbed over the various backfield combinations which resourceful Dick Harlow can fashion out of his Six versatile athletes. Bill Coleman has the blocking position sewed up, and Captain Macdonald is a strong choice for tailback...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Dick Harlow Surrounds His Six Possible Backfield Starters in Mystery Veil on Eve of Game | 11/24/1939 | See Source »

...Crimson squad will leave for Middlesex School in Concord immediately after a short workout in the Stadium today. There the last Harvard football captain who led a winning team against Yale will repeat the ritual of drinking a toast to the present grid leader. Bobby Green, captain of last year's team which won a 7 to 0 victory in New Haven, will drink to Torbie Macdonald...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Dick Harlow Surrounds His Six Possible Backfield Starters in Mystery Veil on Eve of Game | 11/24/1939 | See Source »

...rest of the squad members reported at 2:30 o'clock, half an hour ahead of the usual time, and went through a full day of grid chores. They started off with some group work and defensive manoenvres against Blue plays. Then came dummy offensive work, a 30 minute scrimmage (the last of the week) against the Jayvees, and about half an hour of aerial operations...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: GRID SQUAD GIVEN LENGTHY WORKOUT POINTING FOR ELIS | 11/22/1939 | See Source »

...attempting to gain its first victory over the Army since 1931, Harvard faces a comparatively light but star-studded eleven. In Yeager, Stella, Hatch, and Frontezak the Military Academy has a quartet of grid performers who could play on any man's squad...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Fran Lee and Gene Lovett Probable Starters Against Soldiers Tomorrow | 11/10/1939 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next