Word: tailback
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Starting in the backfield will be Dick McLaughlin at quarterback, Jim Bell at tailback, Stan Merkel at fullback, and John Allen at wingback...
...Tigers have only a mediocre 1-3 record, but the figures do not show the strength of the Princeton squad. It is strong in the backfield and deep in reserves. John Hyde, 155-pound tailback who scored three touchdowns in the Princeton-Columbia game, will present the major threat to the Crimson...
...Tiger, picked to finish no higher than fourth in the League without its captain and brilliant tailback Royce Flippin, will start Sid Pinch at that position for the sixth straight time today, and will be favored to move into the League lead by defeating the Crimson. Princeton has not lost to an Ivy opponent, and is rated a solid touchdown better than Harvard...
...unheralded senior, however, named Sid Pinch, who stands only 5-9, took over Chaptain Flippin's vital position of tailback, and began to do things that only the great Flippin was expected to do. He has scored four touchdowns, and passed for two more. And he leads the team in offense with 564 yards...
...Both tailback Bill Agnew and Captain Royce Flippin are doubtful starters. Agnew suffered a pulled rib cartilage in the first quarter of the Brown game, while Flippin has an injured knee...