Word: lineman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...football outfit," he says. "She made me a band uniform." But Tommy turned out for football in the seventh grade, became a quarterback largely by the process of elimination: "I wasn't fast enough to be a halfback, and I wasn't big enough to be a lineman." At first, he threw his passes sidearm-which mattered little, because Troy High never passed anyway: the star of the team was a 200-lb. fullback named Bob Ferguson who went on to Ohio State and All-America honors. Ferguson was Myers' idol: "Everybody in town was talking about...
Except for 17-year-old Quarterback Joseph Weiss, who stands 6 ft. 4 in. and tips the scales at an even 200 Ibs., most Panthers look like refugees from the Pop Warner League. Joe's cousin, Willard Hebbe, who plays slotback, weighs 135 Ibs. Freshman Lineman Danny Steger has seen action in three of the Panthers' five games this season; he weighs 90 Ibs. Says the Rev. Wilson Hill, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, who doubles as spotter at Panther games: "There's something in these Pflugerville boys that makes them want to make contact...
With Wesleyan leading 1-0, the Crimson front line suddenly came alive--out hustling and out-shooting the Cardinals for the remainder of the second half. A pass from outside right Eb Klufio across to fellow lineman Sam Thompson almost resulted in a goal midway through the period...
...Crimson booters manage to hold these two scorers, they will still have to contend with another lineman, Bill Needham. Needham, along with Sipples, was high on the New England scoring lists last year...
Quincy, playing in its initial game, managed its lone touchdown on the game's fourth play. A Dunster fourth-down punt was blocked, shot straight up, and dropped into the arms of a waiting Quincy lineman, who made the touchdown...