Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...doubt the University got the breaks, chief of which were the two occasions that Humphrey's punts struck on the 15-yard line approximately and were allowed to roll crazily over the hard turf till they wobbled outside of the three-yard line; in the first of these cases, it was the indirect cause of a Crimson touch-down later...
...first touchdown came as the result of the line-plunging ability of Humphrey. A pretty end run for a 15-yard gain by Chapin, put the ball in scoring distance. After two plays which netted only five yards, Humphrey took the ball over for touchdown...
Team B lined up as follows: ends, Clark and Macomber; tackles, Lockwood and Cooper; guards, Holmes and Brown; center, Kunhardt; quarterback, Johnson; left halfback, Humphrey; right halfback, Hamilton; and fullback, Gratwick...
...circumstances, the coaches would undoubtedly shift Horween into the keystone position if Havemeyer were laid up. Owen seems well fitted to assume the line-plunging duties of the captain, and his irreplaceable defensive ability will be equally available at center or fullback. This shift would put either Hamilton or Humphrey in the backfield; the former would increase the line-bucking strength of the team, while Humphrey would attend to the kicking threat and offer a well-balanced backfield with three men almost equal in punting and open-field running strength...
...prize given for his drawing which was accepted by the Jury of Award as the best of the 10 handed in during the competition held last winter. The designer's idea and groundwork were excellent, but the shields as finally molded are also the result of Professor J. S. Humphrey's and Professor A. Pope's efforts, for they made a number of changes in the contour. With the exception of the individual dormitory seals, an owl for Standish, a bull's head for Gore, and the Harvard "veritas" for Smith, the design of each trophy is identically the same...