Word: punt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bruin halfback named Dave Jollin will be a threat to break loose every time he gets his hands on a punt. Jollin, a 170-pound junior, has averaged 28 yards a return and has run two back for touch-downs...
...Cards' statistics are so bearish, of course. Halfback Roland, 23, is the N.F.L.'s No. 1 punt returner at 14.2 yds. per runback. He is a talented passer as well as rusher; against the New York Giants last month he hit Flanker Bobby Joe Conrad with a perfect 40-yarder for a TD. Over the season, Quarterback Johnson, 27, has connected on a respectable 53% of his passes; a cool, methodical signal caller, he invests his spare time at Washington University writing a dissertation on plastics for a Ph.D. in chemical engineering...
Princeton's single-wing attack got nowhere all day, but the Tigers avoided a shutout on a flashy runback of Tom Harris's second quarter punt. Tim Garven fielded the kick just in Princeton territory and skipped down his right sideline all the way. Punter Harris was the last man with a chance to get him, at the 20, but he was suddenly obliterated by three blockers -- and Garven was free...
...second half was so stalled by penalties that people were beginning to leave in the fourth quarter because the varsity game was starting. One time, Harris had to make the same punt three times before it counted...
...punter, with an average of 44 yds. per kick. Still, insisted George Wilson Sr., who coached the Detroit Lions to the N.F.L. championship in 1957: "Nobody should be surprised at George Jr. He has been going to training camp since he was seven years old. He learned how to punt from Yale Lary and how to pass from Bobby Layne...