Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...know," I asked, "that you are the second-leading ground gainer in the country." Clasby smiled again. "Really? That's swell." I don't know what reaction I had expected, but I suppose that I had figured to throw the tailback for a little loss at least. "You're only 38 yards behind the follow that's leading, somebody from Detroit. Everything depends on how you do Saturday" I said I detected Clasby's eyes harrow. Any reference to Saturday, by someone not a member of the team, is greeted by silence these days. Strange things are going...
...Tailback Dick Clasby and fullback John Culver continued to dominate the Ivy League's offensive columns last week...
Princeton opened the Yale line only a few times all afternoon; the first time when Smith went 93 yards for a touchdown after being semi-tackled at the line of scrimmage. The only other time the Tigers moved the ball came in the last minutes of the game when tailback Bob Unger carried on every play, and picked up four first downs...
...Crimson had no regular tailback, since Don Chatman did not make the trip...
When the varsity went over to the offense, Clasby and second team tailback Hardy Cox book turns throwing long passes. Ends Bob Cochran and Paul Crowley turned in several good catches...