Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even before the first whistle blew this season, sportswriters knew which four men belonged in anybody's All-America backfield. Obviously, two of them were Army's durable Davis & Blanchard; the other two were Georgia's Charlie Trippi and Notre Dame's Quarterback Johnny Lujack. Last week, with every sports editor puffing into print with his own All-America team, the same four men turned up on almost everybody's list. Only Grantland Rice-who picks Collier's All-America team, the nearest thing to an official selection-was different. Granny Rice couldn...
...Margarita played the entire first period for George Halas' eleven against the Chicago Cardinals on December 1, carrying for considerable yardage and two first downs. He caught a fifteen-yard pass for another first down, but early in the second period, after taking a pass out from Sid Luckman, quarterback in Bear T-formation, suffered a sprained ankle when hit by the Cardinal backer...
Only four of the 1946 regulars will be missing in 1947: Captain Clee O'Donnell at tailback, center Jack Fisher, tackle Eddie Davis, and quarterback Henry Goothais. That the loss of those four will be keenly felt cannot be denied, but the remaining returnees more than swing the balance to the happy side...
...outfit. There are signs that the wily oologist still has his heart set on using a straight T sometime soon, despite his hasty abandonment of it this year. When Dick switched to his mysterious L formation, he did so because he had no heavy-duty blocking back or T quarterback, and wanted to make his outside plays go by using his guards for the line trapping and by giving his blocking backs easy angles on the opposition. The question of what "system" Harlow decides to follow next year, therefore, depends to a great extent on what he can produce...
...candidate for a T spinman would be this year's Freshman star Jim Kenary, a potent runner and passer. But the chances are strong that Kenary may be switched out of his old slot and into the tailback position, where his abilities are equally needed That would leave the quarterback post--probably not in a T--up to Frank Mildos, or possibly to some heavier lineman who would be moved back into the job, Mike Ned Dewey. Besides Kenary in the tailback, the candidates will include Leo Flynn, the best passer on the 1946 squad, Pete Petrillo, who slowed...