Word: tailback
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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...
Penn came back from its crippling loss of tailback Porter Shreve and downed Lafayette...
...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...
Penn recovered from the loss of tailback Porter Shreve and beat Lafayette, 14 to 0. (Shreve was injured two weeks...
...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...