Word: linemen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Norm Shepard's jayvees, directed by quarterback Bill Kierstend were hard pressed to make any appreciable gains against a varsity defense which included ends Stan Briton and Dike Hyde, linemen Phil Connelly, Bill Rosonan, Duke Sedgwick, and Jerry Kanter; backers-up Buddy Lemay and Tommy Ossman; halfbacks Dusty Burke and Hardy Cox; and safety man Dave Warden...
Lamar also ordered intensive blocking drills for the linemen and some passing for the backs and ends...
...addition to the live tackling in the passing scrimmage, contact work was provided by sending ballcarriers, including linemen, against stationary tacklers. Guard Lew Gordon was banged-up in this drill, but the full extent of his injuries is not yet known...
Until this year, shrewd centers had attempted to draw defensive linemen offside by pretending to snap the ball. If a player was lured offside by this maneuver, he was guilty of an offside foul, and his team was penalized five yards...
...events were to prove, Valpey is not a veteran squad. It is not especially big and it is not fast. The Uconns gave the impression that they were not yet Completely certain of their assignments; their backs lacked the assurance and the precision of a Bill Henry and their linemen were not able to open holes in the Eli defense with any consistency...