Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bobby began his career as a guard, but before long he was calling signals from the tailback slot in Highland Park's single wing. Day after day, when the rest of the squad had finished practice, the two boys would work at place-kicking-Bobby holding, Doak booting-until it was too dark to see the goal posts. After the football season, Bobby played basketball; one spring he pitched the local American Legion baseball team to the state championship. By the time he entered the University of Texas in 1944, he was good enough for a baseball scholarship...
Although he suffered a broken nose midway through the Princeton game, Meigs made it one of his best games this year. Cochran recovered a fumble in the end zone for the first Crimson touchdown, and Gianelly set up the second after taking a lateral from tailback Sam Eyock...
Four other Crimson starters, including two sophomores, were given places on the Ivy squad. Senior and Bob Cochran, junior tackle Orville Tice, tailback Matt Botsford, and fullback Tony Glanelly all got honorable mention...
...Yardlings tried desperately to counter with a passing attack of their own, but Crimson receivers dropped or failed to reach most of tailback Walt Stahura's attempts. The Crimson's only two completed passes gained no appreciable yardage...
Meanwhile in official Ivy Group statistics released yesterday, tailback Matt Botsford climbed to second behind Brown's Pete Kohut in total offense. Botsford, who has played one loss game that the Bruin quarterback, has gained 690 yards--70 fewer than Kohut...