Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sammy's backfire was due partly to the paralyzing cold in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, mostly to an old side injury. Into his shoes jumped standby quarterback, Frank Filchock, to pitch two touchdown passes. But the damage had been done...
...choice of Cowen by his teammates added a little more mystery to a situation that had been clouded all season. While guard Frank LeBart had served as acting captain of all the 1945 contests, Coach Harlow chose Tom Tennant, first string quarterback, to represent the team at the Boston sportswriters' luncheon...
Tommy Tennant, quarterback and acting captain of the '45 eleven, got up to say that the only difference between formal and informal football is that in formal football you get a steak for a black...
...Adam Walsh's fast-breaking T, Quarterback Waterfield proved a rare combination of razzle-dazzle and wheelhorse reliability. In his nine Ram games he has thrown 143 passes and completed 76 for a total gain of 1,449 yards. On defense he leads the league in interceptions, with six. He has place-kicked 29 out of 31 attempted conversions. His favorite play is the "bootlegger": Waterfield simply fakes to other backs, then pulls some fast sleight-of-hand and swings out around end, literally hiding the ball behind his back. This sandlot ruse has made four opponents look sick...
Keystone of the Elis' attack, which has produced the astounding total of 138 first downs in the season to date, is 17-year-old Art Dakos, quarterback and passing sensation from Lowell, with Bill Penn, light-footed halfback, supplying the break-away runs. Walker does most of the kicking, and effectively enough to add one more item to the Eli offensive punch...