Word: pyle
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Yale's very first play from scrimmage, Quarterback Tom Singleton faked to Fullback Bob Blanchard plunging up the middle. Then, as Harvard converged to stop Blanchard, Singleton coolly handed off to Halfback Kenny Wolfe. The deception worked perfectly. With Left Tackle Mike Pyle blasting open the hole, Wolfe was away for a 41-yd. touchdown run that touched off an afternoon of glory for his team. Getting stronger as the game went on, brawny Yale overwhelmed Archrival Harvard...
...rabid Yale alumni across the country were able to sell a flock of bright and burly boys on the idea of going to New Haven. The Chicago area alone-long a source of raw material for football foundries-supplied six starters, including Quarterback Singleton (6 ft., 200 Ibs.), Captain Pyle (6 ft. 3 in., 233 lbs.), and Center Hardy Will (5 ft. 11 in., 195 Ibs.). All three were recruited from New Trier High School in Winnetka...
...punt and Bruce McIntyre's weak kick, held up by the wind, traveled only six yards. On the Elis first play from scrimmage, quarterback Tom Singleton faked to fullback Bob Blanchard and handed to halfback Ken Wolfe, who went 41 yards for a touchdown behind blocks from Mike Pyle, Ben Balme, and John Hutcherson...
With Ravenel himself running for nine yards on a fourth down play, the varsity moved to a first down on the Yale 20. But on a double reverse a hand-off from Hobie Armstrong to Tom Boone wound up in Pyle's hands, and the Crimson's most promising first half threat was killed...
...little man with the long pole pacing the sidelines was not, us one old grad thought, sending plays in to Ravenel, but picking up signals from referee Robert Van Lengen's microphone. The official was wired for sound so that the living room fans could head Yale captain Mike Pyle's reaction to Eli's several penalties...