Word: halfbacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this season's University football team have been assigned places on Walter Camp's All-American eleven. E. W. Mahan '16 was naturally assigned to fullback, as he has been on almost all the theoretical teams for the past two years. R. S. C. King '16 shares the halfback positions with Macomber of Illinois. The only University lineman to get a berth is J. A. Gilman, Jr., '17, the 1916 captain...
...successful 1915 football team by graduation, with the result that the prospects for next year are exceptionally good. Almost all of the players who came into prominence this season will be eligible next fall. The greatest blow to the team will be the loss of Captain Andrews at halfback, who all through the season has proved a capable leader. In addition to his work in the backfield, Andrews was the best punter on the team. He was also a drop kicker of some ability, his field goal being the only score in the Brown-Yale game and enabling the Providence...
...even stronger than this year's. Pollard stands out as the star of the 1916 eleven. Although inclined to be erratic, this player by his clever dodging running made himself the chief ground-gaining asset of the team this fall. With more experience the should develop into a phenomenal halfback. Besides Pollard there are such men as Purdy, Jemail, and Murphy in the backfield. These, with Sprague, Ward, and Wade, to bolster up the forwards, should produce a strong combination next year...
...Freshman eleven defeated the Seniors by the score of 6 to 0. McFarland recovered Freeman's punt, after the opposing back had fumbled, and a series of rushes, featured by the brilliant work of Hathaway, the Freshman halfback, brought the ball to the Seniors 5-yard line. The Seniors held three times, but on the fourth down Hathaway made the necessary distance, and Crosscup scored a touchdown on the next play...
...excellent line plunger and punter, although he lacks experience. Minot is the nearest approach to Mahan in open field work, and is strong and heavy. Willcox has been used at quarterback, but on account of his consistent weakness in handling punts, he will probably be tried at halfback. Enwright, captain of the 1918 Freshman team, is a powerful man on both the offense and defense. Thacher was out of the game most of the past season, but he also played well on the 1918 team...