Word: halfbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Starting off strong, the Freshmen struck first in the initial period, when Tim Reardon, fleet halfback, broke loose off right tackle and dashed 25 yards to score standing up. John Nesmith's kick for the extra point sailed wide of the uprights. The yearlings increased their lead by three points in the second period when George Roberts placekicked a beautiful field-goal from the 25-yard stripe...
Tommy Flinn, Chicago's quarterback, fumbled on his goalline. Dale Ream fell on the ball for Missouri's first touchdown of the year. Halfback Jay Berwanger got started in the last period in time for Chicago to win its fourth straight game of the season...
...Illinois farm boy, Jackson Reynolds went west to Stanford for an education. There his 190 Ib. of compact brawn made him a fearsome halfback on the football team managed by a youth named Herbert ("Bert") Hoover. When the late great George Fisher Baker discovered him, Mr. Reynolds was teaching law at Columbia University. One of his pupils was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Today the old teacher sees his prodigious pupil occasionally, but he is not rated a close Roosevelt friend...
Bilodeau's taking over the quarter back assignment was probably the most important of these switches though there is absolutely no indication that Bob Haley isn't still the ranking "A" quarter. Bilodeau has been holding down the right halfback beril lately, but with the changes incident to the return of Freddy Moseley, and the rise of George Hedblom and Bill Watt, there is going to be a surplus of right half men by the time the Tigers hit town...
...other changes, one of the more interesting is to see Gibbie trying halfback again. There are those who are convinced that Gibbie's mission in life is as a half rather than full. There's not much doubt that be is one of the prettiest runners Harvard has when if comes to sweeping around...