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Word: tailback (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bucked for one touchdown himself, and gained an average of 5.8 yds. every time he carried the ball. By last week, Quarterback Wright had run up a total of 787 yds. rushing and passing, led the nation in total offense. Said Coach Murphy, himself a onetime All-Southeast Conference tailback: "If they come any better than James Earl. I'd like to see them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Terrifying Tigers | 10/27/1961 | See Source »

Penn came back from its crippling loss of tailback Porter Shreve and downed Lafayette...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: Football Team Begins Ivy Competition | 10/6/1961 | See Source »

...Kirkland, though retaining most of last fall's backfield, lost half its line and is now working with a forward wall averaging only about 170 lbs. a man. The sole sizable lineman is guard Bruce Kruger, well over 200 lbs. The back to watch with Kirkland is Lee Raitz, tailback in the Deacons' single-wing attack. This formation is no surprise, since Kirkland coach Tom Morris played out of it for two years as an all-Ivy tailback at Princeton in the days after Dick Kazmaier...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/6/1961 | See Source »

Penn recovered from the loss of tailback Porter Shreve and beat Lafayette, 14 to 0. (Shreve was injured two weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Ivy Teams Win First Games Saturday | 10/3/1961 | See Source »

...Tailback Terry Baker of Oregon State: An ambidextrous, introspective, gangling sophomore who would be one of the most remarkable football players in the game even if he never completed a pass or made a yard on the ground. See SPORT, Thinking Man's Tailback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 21, 1960 | 11/21/1960 | See Source »

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