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Word: passers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brighter side, Frank Miklos, the passer and signal caller of the Boston team, is slated to play for the Jayvees this week instead of acting as a reserve for the Varsity. His assignment with the Jayvees will mean an aerial threat against the Yalies who have not showed alright pass defense. Line backers Mel Freshman and Justin Walah have been promoted to the Varsity, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvee Grid Team Attacks Potent Blue This Afternoon | 11/21/1947 | See Source »

While Yardling passer James Russell Lowell impersonated the body of Tex Furse, and Henry Lamar stod by to call the plays, Dick Harlow's A and B squads worked out their defenses against the Blue attack...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Varsity Opens Crucial Week Of '47 Season | 11/18/1947 | See Source »

...other gridirons last week: ¶ At Memphis, once-proud Tennessee absorbed the worst beating (43-13) since Major Bob Neyland began coaching there 22 years ago. The man responsible for it: Mississippi's wonder-boy passer, Charley Conerly, 21, who scored two touchdowns, threw passes for the other four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: After the Gun Went Off | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

Crisler believes that great passers are born, and that the difference between a great and a merely good passer is in the eyes. Chapp's brown eyes, in one panoramic glance, spot his receivers tearing downfield and the defenders rushing in to nail him. Chapp makes fine use of his blockers, sensing when to fade deep or step up inside to fire the ball. Like a good baseball catcher, he throws off his right ear, with a snap motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Specialist | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

...team is passer, runner, and T-formation quarterback Frank Burns, who directed the squad's 13 to 0 upset here last year. Besides his clever ball-handling, Burns backs up the line on defense...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Fast Rutgers Eleven Makes Second Stadium Run Today | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

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