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Word: roper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question of scouting has its propo- nents and its opponents also. Coach Roper of Princeton denounces it. Others defend it as practiced today, since there is no secrecy about the presence of a rival representative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUNDATION STUDIES PLACE OF FOOTBALL | 1/25/1926 | See Source »

...this point the football coach came upon the scene. He is the only overt independent on the city council. He is William Roper, head coach of the Princeton eleven, inciter of great deeds on the gridiron, exhorter of youth in wholesome sport. He exclaimed in council meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: In Philadelphia | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

...members of the Harvard team for their game exhibition. They didn't have a single chance all afternoon; their offensive punch was ineffective; but they fought their heads off, and fought the hardest when the going got the stiffest."--W. W. Roper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWSPAPER CRITICS UNITE IN PRAISING FIGHTING SPIRIT SHOWN BY HARVARD MEN | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

Gates, left tackle and captain of the Princeton track team, will also graduate next June. Line material has been scarce in New Jersey this year, and Roper was forced to use the big hammer-thrower throughout the Eli encounter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGER'S 1926 FOOTBALL PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHT | 11/17/1925 | See Source »

Caulkius, heady Tiger signal caller, will be back again next year, and Prendergast, Gilligan, and Slagle will be there to carry out his directions. Bridges, who did not figure in the battle with the Bulldog, will also be back, and Coach Roper will thus be able to start the season with a veteran group behind the line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGER'S 1926 FOOTBALL PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHT | 11/17/1925 | See Source »

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