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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fore-Legged. In Auburn, Me., Levi Morin stumbled on the railroad tracks, lost a leg under a speeding train, found to his relief that it was the wooden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 9, 1948 | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

...Yale showed nothing we had not anticipated," Harlow said, "I'm not sorry about a thing--except that we lost. That Levi Jackson is just a great football player." Assistant coach Bob Margarita explained that Yale end play had ruined a series of sweeps and handoffs that the Crimson had been working on during the week, but that the same defense-formation opened up the middle of the Blue line for the Crimson...

Author: By Robert Carswell and Robert W. Morgan, S | Title: Jackson, Nadherny, Furse Ran and Passed Bulldogs to Victory in Bowl | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

...quarterback and deadly short passer Tax Furse is completely whole. Line-bucking terror Ferd Nadherny still limps from the Princeton game last week, while halfback Art Fitzgerald suffers from a head injury received against the Tigers. The man Harlow foars most despite his questionable showing this fall is fullback Levi Jackson, who needs only one good afternoon to make football history...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan, | Title: Odds Waver as Crimson Meets Blue Today in 64th Renewal of Classic | 11/22/1947 | See Source »

Nobody knows which way the football is going to bounce, especially on an afternoon like today. Last year's game might have been different if Levi Jackson's one-handed grab of a wind-blown punt had failed, or if his now famous forward fumble had not hopped 11 yards into the grasping hands of Jack Roderick to keep Yale's scoring drive alive...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan, | Title: Odds Waver as Crimson Meets Blue Today in 64th Renewal of Classic | 11/22/1947 | See Source »

...perennial question in New Haven this season has centered about fullback Levi Jackson, who to date has failed to approach his 1946 form. Against the Orange and Black he carried the ball only once-that time for nine yards and a first down- and was otherwise restricted only to punting and defensive chores. There is a growing sentiment that this is his week, and the 45,000 Yale partisans that will be on hand tomorrow are praying for just that. The hale and hearty section of the backfield corps consists of quarterback Tex Furse, who has completed...

Author: By Oliver Brooks, SPORTS EDITOR, YALE DAILY NEWS | Title: Rueful Bulldog Coaches Call Crimson Tilt Toss-Up | 11/21/1947 | See Source »

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