Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Eliot Putnam, quarterback, T. W. Gilligan and A. W. Huguley, halfbacks, with W. R. Harper, fullback, have been picked as the starting backfield against Bates. Of this combination, Putnam alone has been considered sure of his berth in the 1929 Crimson backfield. The veteran University signal-caller is generally considered a smart tactician. During the preliminary practice sessions this fall he has, furthermore, exhibited a stylish brand of running, which, when coupled with his much-improved ability to handle forward and lateral passes and to drop kick, makes him a threat to be reckoned with. He fits neatly into...
...Davis '30, who was slated to start the Bates game on Saturday at right tackle, reported with a badly-bruised and stiff elbow. Davis will not see action in the opening game, but is expected to be in good shape the latter part of next week. He and Greeley, quarterback who is hors de combat owing to an elbow injury, are the only members of the Crimson squad seriously injured. Batchelder, Fullam, Wetmore, and Francis Gilligan were also out of yesterday's workout as a result of minor ailments but will be fit for service against Bates...
...tackling dummy. Yale heard that Freddy Loeser would play center this season despite the fact that he fractured his skull in an automobile accident during the summer. At Annapolis was Johnny Gannon who helped the Navy tie Michigan last year. Discarding the huddle system, Columbia rehearsed two crack, barking quarterbacks, Liflander and Joyce. Princeton's fleet Eddie Wittmer turned up, sole survivor of a first-string backfield otherwise dispersed by graduation. At Stanford, giant Center Walter Heinecke reported, despite poor health which may keep him on the bench. Charlie ("Foots") Clements, Alabama tackle, seemed to be wearing bigger shoes...
...Putnam '30 who has been piloting one of the elevens ran his team through five plays against a combination with W. T. Wetmore '30 in the quarterback role after which Wetmore's team had an opportunity to take the bail through a few plays. Putnam then ran through a long signal drill while Wetmore's team and one piloted by R. F. Gleason '32 had a fifteen minute scrimmage punctuated by frequent interruptions...
Team D--R. S. Ogden '31 and Vahan Moushegian '32, ends; Nathaniel Warner '30 and G. L. Lewis, Jr. '30, tackles; J. R. Truden '31 and C. D. Newhart '31, guards; C. C. Cunningham '32, center; R. F. Gleason '32, quarterback; D. McL Greeley '31, P. A. Fullam '32, and Coach E. L. Casey '19, who filled in, all played in the backfield...