Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Starring for the big-timers were the two ends, Captain Bob Green and big Don Daughters. Green caught two short aerials, one from ace wingback Torby Macdonald and the other from tailback Austy Harding, both for scores. Daughters was the proverbial bulwark on defense and set the stage for one score when he Larry Kellied a scrub fumble on the four-yard stripe...
Austie Harding, a brilliant but erratic passer and runner, and Frank Foley, steady but not as brilliant as Harding, have been going neck and neck for the tailback post. Unquestionably Harding is one of the most improved players on the field; both he and Foley have shown good play-calling ability in the past...
...yard march the like of which few Harvard men in the stands ever recalled. At least three of the plays would have been touchdown romps from long distances, but on each occasion Frank, playing all over the field, made the tackle. Then, from the 14-yard line, tailback Frank Foley started an end skirt which saw him outdash the exhausted Frank and cross the goal line standing...
Because of the injury situation Chuck Klein was at right guard, Fred Jerome blocking back, Art Oakes and Frank Foley at the wing and tailback positions respectively, and Ralph Pope at bucking back...
...starting team accords with the A team backfield as it ran through signals yesterday afternoon, it will contain a lot of faces usually strange to Stadium crowds. The backfield was composed of Wilson as blocking back, Harding tailback, Foley wingback, and Pope as bucking back. But probably Macdonald and Struck will be in condition by the and of the week, if not to start at least to see action. The line stood as usual with Hedblom at center, Klein in Allen's position...