Word: halfbacks
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...halfback line, the outside halfbacks move with the flow of the play in the offensive half of the field. They may clear the ball deep to set up the strikers, or they may carry the ball up the wings...
...significant advantages over last year's 4-3-3. Last season's formation relied heavily on senior center halfback Richie Hardy, an All-Ivy selection, to control the midfield. The 4-4-2 brings two forwards back to protect the midfield and splits the center half duties between two defenders...
Replacing Hardy at the center half position will be junior Chris Ferner and sophomore Emmanuel Ekama. Ferner played left halfback last season and will probably move to inside left. Ekama, the only non-letterman scheduled to start, played center half for the Yardlings last fall...
Senior Bill Brock will be playing his third season at left fullback. He was All-Ivy honorable mention for both years. Last year's starting right halfback John Gordon will move back to the right fullback position...
...program for the Harvard-Northeastern game advertised a new pro-type offense to replace Harvard's tired sweeps and off-tackle plays, a new Pete Varney who could break helmets at halfback, and dew quarterbacks who might make the dew offense work...