Word: kicker
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...besides running the team well, he handles the ball with much surety on punts and is of the greatest service in making forward passes, onside kicks, and drop kicks. Next to Burr and Foster he is the best punter on the team. Hall, who is a very sure drop kicker, makes a fairly good quarterback but still lacks experience...
...drive the team, but Newhall is much surer in the backfield and is a good dodger. N. L. Hall '07, who proved too light for end was tried near the end of last season at quarterback and showed aptness for the position. He is a fair punter and drop-kicker. J. Kerans '07 who played in 1904, but was ineligible last year and J. W. Simons '09 are other possible quarterbacks...
...place kick or drop kick passing over the cross-bar shall score as heretofore. (2) A player may run in a kick-off that crosses the goal line if he so desires. In case a kicked ball strikes the ground in the field of play, thus putting the kicker's side on-side, it may not be kicked further or be kicked at from its position on the ground or while bounding. Penalty.-Loss of 15 yards. In case a kick is returned before a scrimmage intervenes, the players of the side that returns the kick may not recover...
...kicking a goal from a touchdown the kicker may touch or adjust the ball in the hands of the holder, so long as the ball does not touch the ground...
...That after a free kick, except the kick-off, no player of the kicker's side shall touch the ball until it has been touched by an opponent...