Word: punt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...finest season -with 19 goals and 18 assists so far, making him the No. 3 scorer in the league. Borrowing pro-football lingo, Defenseman Ted Green says that "this year we're blitzing. Last year, we'd drop back 15 yards and punt." The man who lit the blaze in Boston is a baby-faced 19-year-old named Bobby Orr, who in only his second big-league season is already regarded as one of pro hockey's most talented defensemen and a budding superstar. "Bobby," says Coach Sinden, "does it all. He's the only...
...Dame, 5 ft. 11 in., 185 Ibs. West, say the scouts, has "excellent speed" and "the ability to diagnose an offensive play quickly." He also is "a sticker," pro parlance for a hard, sure tackier-an absolute necessity at safety, where a missed tackle means six points. An elusive punt returner (he has run back three for touchdowns in his college career), Schoen has "a nose for the ball"-a hard nose. "He's a real fighter," says one scout admiringly. "If I were going to war, I'd like to have him out in front...
...returned kickoffs and punts--for an average of 22 yards apiece--and nearly broke loose on one punt return in the second quarter, which he managed to carry back 50 yards. In the final period, with the game already decided, Leo caught a 27-yard pass from Babe Parilli for a touchdown, one of the few sunny moments for the Patriots in a long afternoon...
...scheduled to see action as a flanker back and possibly as a punt and kickoff return specialist...
Harvard took over and moved downfield but Tom Wynne missed his third field goal attempt of the game. Then three Brown passes went uncaught, forcing the Bruins to punt with about six minutes left...