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...Cornell halfback Ed Marinaro this year became the first player ever selected unanimously for the Coaches' All-Ivy League football team in each of his three varsity seasons. Marinaro gained the first place votes of all seven opposing Ivy coaches, as he did his previous two seasons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coaches Choose Marinaro For All-Ivy League Team | 12/10/1971 | See Source »

...team (average points scored: 45). Nebraska's Jerry Tagge, savvy field general and deadly passer (62% completions) v. Oklahoma's Jack Mildren. triple-option wizard and running threat (968 yds. rushing). Cornhuskers' Wingback Johnny Rodgers, explosive punt-return specialist (average return: 16 yds.) v. Sooners' Halfback Greg Pruitt, devastating speed merchant (average gain per carry: 9.5 yds.). Game of the decade? Maybe. Game of the year? Undoubtedly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 1 v. No. 2 | 12/6/1971 | See Source »

Thomas started playing soccer in Gambia when he was five, and because he was one of the smallest in the pick-up games, his first position was goalie. As he got bigger he moved to fullback and then halfback, and he didn't become a regular lineman until he was fifteen, when the Augustinian Soccer Club, the champions of the first division amateur league, decided that they needed another forward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thomas Looks For NCAA Revenge | 12/2/1971 | See Source »

...lineup all year is fullback Dick Jauron, an All-Ivy fullback last year as a sophomore. But even Jauron who has picked up 845 yards so far this year, has changed positions since the beginning of the campaign. Yale coach Carmen Cozza switched Jauron from his natural halfback position to fullback early in the year when Greg Mierzwinski failed to provide inside power...

Author: By Grady M. Bolding, | Title: Crimson Battles Yale Gridders Today | 11/20/1971 | See Source »

Restic can always fall back on quarterback Rod Foster or even Frank Guerra, who hasn't played all year except for a couple of halfback-option pass plays...

Author: By Grady M. Bolding, | Title: Crimson Battles Yale Gridders Today | 11/20/1971 | See Source »

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