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Word: tailback (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...actual scrimmage--against a J.V. defense--featured the offensive work of sophomore tailback Paul Murphy, full-back Jerry Blitz, wingback Brian Reynolds, and quarterback Gerry Marsh. Hardy Cox also ran at tailback...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Battered Football Team Readies for Washington | 10/7/1952 | See Source »

Dick Oehmler, a hard hitting 158-pounder and an excellent kicker, will start at tailback. Bill Volmer, a Salem boy, will be at fullback, while Jim Donaghy will start at wingback. The blocking back will be Joe Crehore, last year's Andover co-captain...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Soccer, '56 Football, Soccer Squads Open Seasons Today | 10/4/1952 | See Source »

Starting at tailback against Andover will be 158-pound Dick Oehmler. Oehmler, one of the 20 former high school captains on the squad, looks like the kind of runner that "weights 155 but hits like a 200-pounder...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/3/1952 | See Source »

Pacific Coast. With a powerful running attack and plentiful reserves, California is ranked tops on the Coast, among the top ten in the nation. U.C.L.A., lacking depth, holds two aces: Runner-Passer Paul Cameron, tabbed by "Red" Sanders as "the best tailback I've ever coached," and Center Donn Moomaw. Southern Cal is rated close behind U.C.L.A. Washington, with above-par linemen, has great expectations if Passer Don Heinrich's shoulder, injured last season, holds up. Stanford, with most of the Cinderella team gone, has Bob Mathias...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Gridiron Prospects | 9/29/1952 | See Source »

Norman Morris, a transfer from Wake Forest, who didn't play last season, will be at tailback. Morris reportedly looked very good against Yale, breaking away for two very long runs. Solem calls him a question mark and is uncertain as to how he'll stand up during the year. Morris runs to the right, while Chandler will run to the weak left side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Springfield in Top Shape; Bench Good, Seniors Few | 9/27/1952 | See Source »

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