Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...backfield, tailback Pote Petrille, wingback Nick Athans, and quarterback Hugh Edmonds, all veterans of former Crimson Varsity and Jayvee elevens, are now back following leaves of absence. Other men, notably tailbacks Jim Noonan and Chuck Roche, quarterback Bill Henry, and tackle Doug Bradlee are looking more poised than they did last fall for Dick Harlow...
...example, last year's leading Crimson passer, Jim Kenary, has not thrown one pass this fall. With Bill Henry, he has been working at quarterback. Coach Valpey was asked why either man hadn't passed at yet. "We haven't got into our offense," answered...
Except for the steady voice of a quarterback calling signals, or a very occasional remark by one of the coaches, Soldiers Field is an unusually quiet place this fall. The old electric megaphone has disappeared...
Board & Room. For Lujack's successor at quarterback, Leahy was counting on Frank Tripucka, a shy, skinny New Jersey senior. Like all but a few Notre Dame players (and like many other college players), 21-year-old Tripucka is "working his way through." In exchange for free room, board and tuition, he does easy campus chores (e.g., painting stadium seats) after football season is over. Last year Tripucka completed 25 passes for 422 yards (Lujack's mark: 61 for 777)-but he was not yet a Lujack at tackling, running, or field generalship...
Compared with Coach Leahy, Stu Holcomb sounded like Pollyanna. Ten of Purdue's eleven 1947 starters were back this year, including Quarterback Bob De-Moss, a fine passer, and Halfback Harry Szulborski, who averaged better than six yards a try in 1947. That left Holcomb only one understandable gripe: a schedule that pits Purdue against Notre Dame, Northwestern and Michigan in the first three weeks...