Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which brings us to the problem of last fall's freshman quarterback and captain, Carroll Loewenstein. Harvard football has apparently inherent in it a tendency toward the production of small but proficient backs, a thing which has reached its peak of development in Loewenstein...
...others, were never defeated in battle after Monty took command. His method sounded simple: refuse to move until every detail of the battle plan is in place; then slug it out to the finish-chiefly with line bucks but with an end run when necessary. To a flashy quarterback like Rommel, such tactics must have seemed relentlessly dull, relentlessly successful...
...Unfortunately, international affairs has become a contest these days, with the East lined up against the West. I think it is probably right to say that the captain and quarterback on our side is Uncle Sam. I am not sure exactly what position Canada plays...
...must admit, however, that once or twice we have found ourselves in the disconcerting position of taking out a powerful tackier and then finding that the quarterback has left the interference and is charging across the other side of the field. Even more disconcerting is to discover that he has temporarily left the field and has gone over to consult Coach Congress. However, these are only occasional complications, and on the whole the democratic team works cooperatively and effectively together...
Basketball in 20 Plays. There are three big reasons-not in any sense secret-why Coach Rupp's team has been burning up the courts for four seasons. One of them is blond, 5 ft. 10½ Ralph Beard, his gum-chewing "quarterback." A master dribbler and playmaker, Beard usually starts the play pattern, picking one of Kentucky's basic 20 (ten for each side of the court), featuring ball-handling and the inside-screen. The other two: 6 ft. 7 Alex Groza and 6 ft. 4 Wallace ("Wah Wah") Jones, who do the heavy scoring up front...