Word: players
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...University of California football player who lost the 1929 Rose Bowl game by running 64 yards the wrong way with a Georgia Tech fumble...
...made to swing, learned to play the thing and became accordionist in Whiteman's band. Then in 1943 an auto accident put him in a cast for 18 months, left him with a permanent limp. Last March he rounded up Clarinetist Andy Fitzgerald, Guitarist Jack Hotop and Bass Player Gate Frega, sold them on his basic idea: "Erase the labels from music. Stop thinking about 'jive,' 'swing,' 'sweet' and 'jump.' Just play music...
...Monday, Lamar had placed Dana Estes in the number three back position only to have him injured in the first practice session. Don McCoy, however, is the only player who will definitely be inoperative Saturday. The other three backfield positions are currently being held down by Andy Cooper, Jim Merkle, and Frank Nolan...
McAfee, also a member of the 1942 squad, is a left-handed passing wingback, and Wizbicki, a substitute before the war, is a much improved ball player. This group is bolstered by Stove Conroy, last year's signal-caller; John Comer, an excellent forward passer and newcomer to the Cross; Gene DeFillippe, another passer who is also the Crusaders' number one place-kicker; and Walt Sheridan, highly touted Freshman triple threat who may be sufficiently healed to make his seasonal debut on Saturday...
Glynn faded back and pitched a high one into the end-zone. A player from each team leaped into the air, and each came down with his hands on the ball. While both teams pleaded vociferously for the decision, the referee, remembering perhaps Adolph Samborski's pregame remark that the officials always have a good time in these games because "the funniest things happen," ruled the pass completed to Deacon Jerry Minton, giving Kirkland the margin of victory...