Word: punter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whom the Associated Press culls the annual vote chose Iowa Footballer Nile Kinnick as the outstanding athlete of 1939. Because of his stamina (he played the full 60 minutes against such teeth-rattling opponents as Minnesota, Notre Dame, Michigan, Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin) as well as his talents as passer, punter and ballcarrier, Hawkeye Kinnick received 21 first-place votes, three second-place, ten third-place-a total of 79 points. Nosed out was Baseballer Joe Di Maggio, with a total...
Johnny Felmeth, most sensational punter to show up during the season, was denied a place on the team because injuries twice forced him to the sidelines, and he only played in three of Lowell's seven games. FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Player House Position Player House M. H. Avergun '41 Dudley l.e. l.e. W. W. McGinnie '42 Dunster D. W. Morse '41 Lowell l.t. l.t. W. L. Healey, Jr. '41 Dudley S. S. Binnian '40 Winthrop l.g. l.g. E. M. Wall '40 Dudley H. D. Smith '41 Winthrop c. c. J. P. Hall '40 Kirkland D. S. Grey '40 Kirkland...
...Commuters in the final frame when, with three minutes to go, Chub Lee, backfield ace, returned a punt 25 yards to the Dudley three yard stripe. At that point the Dudley line stiffened and threw back the Gold Coasters. Bill Healey, star tackle as well as a dependable punter, kicked out of danger, and before Adams could attack again the game was over...
Relatively stronger than the line, the backfield will be packed with offensive power, with three starting triple-threat men. Macdonald runs equally well to the right or left, is a good passer, and a better than average punter. Harlow intends to switch Torbie from wing-back to tail-back this year...
...poolroom in little Anna, Ill. Like millions of other hardworking U. S. citizens, he seldom sees a horse race but plays the horses nevertheless-wiring his $2 bets directly to the tracks because there is no handbook operator* in little Anna. Every racing day for nearly two years Peewee Punter Elkins has played a Daily Double (a pair of horses picked to win the first and second races of the day's card). But he always picked the wrong combination. Instead of quitting, he continued to pore over form charts, continued to back up his judgment with...