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Word: ortmann (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1949-1949
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...From the start of the game, when Ortmann (first string tailback) was kicked between the eyes by Army halfback Gill Stephenson to other plays when Erben and Farrar were put out of commission the same way by the same halfback, Army was obviously out to cripple their opponents, Professor Hobbs claimed...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/2/1949 | See Source »

...second play of the game, Michigan's spinning fullback gave the ball to a halfback who smacked Army's line for two yards. When the players unpiled, blond, 188-lb. Chuck Ortmann, Michigan's passing ace, was lugged off on a stretcher. That was the first omen of calamity. Then it seemed as though the big stadium had begun falling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Army's Obsession | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

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