Word: halfback
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Dockery played halfback and safety for the Crimson and played football with the Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers until 1974. He said when he first joined the NFL, other players were reluctant to take him seriously...
...Harvard broke in brand-new Princeton Stadium in grand fashion, as a Menick halfback pass that went for a 41-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner in a 23-22 contest. Sophomore Josh Wilske adjusted nicely to the ball in the air as he dragged a defender into the endzone...
...Actually, we just put that [halfback option] in this week because we anticipated they would come in hard and blitz a lot, and it's exactly what they did," Menick said. "As soon as the pitch came out, I had my eyes on Wilske...
...Murphy's calls shone like his halfback pass. Well attuned to the danger of the flanker reverse from watching game film of junior Terence Patterson's game-winneragainst Cornell, Princeton Coach Steve Tosches hadhis squad prepared to defend it, and Wilske wasstuffed for a five-yard loss on the firstoffensive series...
Harvard willed its way to its third straight win, overcoming a 10-0 deficit and using chicanery--a 41-yard touchdown on a halfback pass by junior Chris Menick--to beat a team Harvard Coach Tim Murphy said may be physically superior...