Word: lettermen
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...numberous uncertainties are complicating the scene this year the possible continuation of the draft law, the problem of retaining present lettermen, especially Navy students, the guessing games as to who will be returning from the service--all these factors make the gridiron picture this spring far more complicated than ever before...
Meeting in an unusual session late Tuesday afternoon, the lettermen of the 1945 football squad elected Bob Cowen as honorary captain of the season past. Cowen, who is a member of the NROTC and halls from Waban, had started every game at fullback this fall...
...Lettermen who voted for captain were: Bill McDaniel, Bob Kennedy, Don Swegan, Paul Champion, Dave Mackintosh, Lou DiLuzio, Bill Fisher, John Coan, Howie Foster, Chester Pierce, Ed Dewey, Frank LeBart, Mal Allen, Bob Faber, John Grady, Paul O'Leary, Charlie Roche, Bill Jackson, Peter Harwood, Ken O'Donnell, Herb Fritts, Marvin Jenkins, Bill Mielke, Hal Miller, Cowen, Tom Tennant, jack McDonald, and Manager Bob Palmer...
...Southern California, the best bet on the West Coast, had eight lettermen from its 1944 Rose Bowl championship team...
...Michigan had over a dozen former Wisconsin lettermen on its squad and a dream backfield of potential all-Americas: Wisconsin's Elroy ("Crazy Legs") Hirsch and Jack Wink, Minnesota's star fullback Bill Daley, Michigan's own Paul White...