Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last year varsity tailback Frank White was so honored. Indications are that this year the presentation will go to a non-Harvard athlete...
...Junior tailback Matt Botsford placed fourth in total offense with 323 yards rushed and 21 passes completed for a total of 316 yards. Columbia's Claude Benham won the championship with 999 yards gained on passing attack and minus 14 yards on rushing for a total of 935 yards...
...were gathered at the dinner to hear the talks, interview the coaches, and review the season among themselves. The varsity football team was one of the main topics of conversation among the writers, with several expressing the opinion that the Crimson would have had a better record had sophomore tailback Walt Stahura soon more service. But if it is easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, it is even easier to decide what was wrong ten days after the close of the season...
...West Coast, U.C.L.A. served notice that a Rose Bowl victory might cost the Spartans a great deal more than their tickets to Pasadena. Even without the services of Pinup Boy Ronnie Knox, U.C.L.A. was far too tough for its cross-town rival, U.S.C. Behind the bruising drive of Tailback Sam Brown and Fullback Bob Davenport, the Bruins overpowered the Trojans 17-7, won their third straight Pacific Coast Conference championship and the unenviable privilege of trying to bottle up Michigan State's multiple offense come New Year...
Also expected to see action in the backfield; blocking-back Tony DiNatale, tailback Gordon Marlow, wingback Tom Lawson, fullback Steve Marglin...