Word: halfbacks
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Robert Peebles Kernan '03 captain and left halfback, prepared at the Brooklyn Polytechnic School, where he played three years on the football team at halfback, and was also on the baseball nine. He was on his Freshman team and in his Sophomore year was substitute on the University eleven. Last year was his first year as regular halfback on the University team. He has also been a member of the University baseball team for three years and during the last two years has been on the University track team. He weighs 172 pounds, is 6 feet tall and 21 years...
Daniel Waldo Knowlton '03, right tackle, was prepared at Pomfret, where he played halfback on the football team and was on the base ball team for two years. He was tackle on his Freshman eleven, and substitute tackle on the University eleven in his Sophomore year. He is 6 feet 1 inch in height, weighs 196 pounds, and is 21 years...
Carl Bertrand Marshall '04, quarterback, prepared at Brookline High School, where he played halfback and quarterback. He played quarterback on his Freshman eleven and occupied the same position on the University eleven last year. He is 20 years old, 163 pounds in weight, and 5 feet 8 1-2 inches in height...
Eliot Thwing Putnam 2G., right halfback, prepared at the Roxbury Latin School, where he played two years on the baseball team and one year on the football eleven. He was substitute quarterback on his Freshman team, and played on the second eleven in his Sophomore and Junior years. In his Senior year he was a substitute on the University team and played last year in the Pennsylvania game. He is 23 years old, weighs 165 pounds, and is 5 feet 11 inches tall...
...none of the coaches played in its line-up, and it was a comparatively easy matter for the first team to circle the ends or pierce the line for long gains. A number of men were tried in the backfield positions on both teams. Foster played at right halfback on the first eleven for the first time in several weeks and took part in the plays with good dash and vigor...