Word: sviokla
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...developed into the hard-hosed defensive battle everyone expected. On three running plays Yale ground out nine yards to the Crimson 27. With a fourth-and-one situation, fullback Don Barrows tried to go up the middle and was upended at the line of scrimmage by Harvard tackle Skip Sviokla...
Cobb cut in front of Franzen, snatched the ball, and dashed down the left sideline behind a phalanx of blockers. But when Beard himself cut off the lane to the end zone. Cobb had to swing to the inside, colliding with Skip Sviokla and slowing down enough to be caught from behind...
Another factor that militates against the Ivy League pro is pure lack of physical ability. Ivy League players don't have to be as big, as fast, or as quick as those on major college teams. Harvard's largest starter is 224-pound tackle Skip Sviokla; in the pros, he'd face fullbacks who outweighed him by 50 pounds...