Word: halfbacks
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...wings, a two-back formation, backs in motion to the strong side and the weak side-in other words, everything." To carry the ball, the Cowboys can call on Fullback Don Perkins, a stumpy (5 ft. 10 in., 210 lbs.) speedster who gained 111 yds. against the Browns, or Halfback Dan Reeves, who runs, says
...Boston Gridiron Club had the last rave about Bobby Leo's fantastic varsity career when it selected the Harvard halfback as the 1966 recipient of the George Bolger Lowe Award Saturday...
...fourth Harvard player to receive the Lowe Award. All-American guard Endicott Peabody was the first, in 1941. Halfback Dick Clasby, who still despite Leo holds most of Harvard's rushing records, was honored in 1952. Half-back Chet Boulris, who won the award in 1959, was the last Crimson recipient before...
Equally dangerous on the other end of the aerial game, Leo completed four of eight halfback option passes...
...Harvard: "The Game," trouncing Yale 17-0, for its 31st victory against 45 defeats in one of college football's oldest rivalries; at Cambridge, Mass. Senior Halfback Bobby Leo rammed 1 yd. for one TD, sprinted 51 yds. for another; that plus a 29-yd. field goal gave the Cantabs their best season (8 wins, 1 loss) since 1920. Purdue assured itself of a trip to the Rose Bowl by clobbering Indiana 51-6, and U.C.L.A. likely came up Roses as well by upsetting Southern California 14-7. Surprise of the week: Texas Tech (3-6 this year) brought...