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Word: quarterbacked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Doak Walker is the younger by a year and not quite so famous as pass-throwing Bobby. But on the opening kickoff, 175-lb. Quarterback Walker took the ball, shrewdly smuggled it to a teammate who galloped 84 yards, almost for a touchdown. A Walker pass and a short run made it, and Walker kicked the extra point. Bobby, who plays only on offense, wasn't even in the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Unbeaten | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

When he did get in, Quarterback Layne apparently forgot in the pinches that he had one of the most valuable throwing arms in college football. He tried smacking through the rough, tough S.M.U. line. The few times a Texas ballcarrier shook into the clear, Doak Walker, who played the full 60 minutes, was there to help nail him. After four quarters of even-Stephen play, it was sandy-haired Doak Walker's kicking toe that made the difference. S.M.U. won, 14 to 13, and after the game fans carried both Layne and Walker off the field. The game dumped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Unbeaten | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

Besides Harrison, jovial team manager who also serves as quarterback on the Jayvees, the rooters heard House master Mason Hammond '25, and responded in song with "Kirklandia" and "10,000 Men of Kirkland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Mass Evening Ralliers for Vital Grid Tilt with Eliot Today | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...Quarterback Naps Bell was cited by Ludendorf for his successful bits of gridiron strategy, while Mr. X in a series of sneak attacks, caught the CRIMSON's "D" team napping...

Author: By C. N. Gridlak, | Title: Crimson Gridders Face Subsidized Princetonians, Predict 23-2 Victory | 11/8/1947 | See Source »

Crimson aspirations for victory hang significantly on the return to form of three erstwhile starters who have been sidelined while their team's tally dropped to a fifty-fifty three and three record. Tackle Howie Honston is slated to start, but Jim Kenary, hurling quarterback, and John Gorczynski, another tackle, are still slightly doubtful and will see only scattered action...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Victory-Starved Tiger Pack Prowls Stadium Turf Today | 11/8/1947 | See Source »

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