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Word: tailback (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most important man in the single wing is the tailback rather than the quarterback, who is used primarily for blocking. The tailback and the fullback both stand about five yards behind the center so that either one many receive the snap from center. The wingback is positioned beside the end on the strong side of the unbalanced line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Gridders Must Stop End Runs To Beat Princeton's Single Wing Attack | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

...Tailback Chris Montgomery returned a kick-off 76 yards for a touchdown, and Princeton captain Dick Bracken had a 76-yard run of his own to spark the Tiger's scoring rampage...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Harvard, Yale Share League Lead, Seek to Save Undefeated Records | 11/4/1968 | See Source »

...speedy Gatto ("the Cat," in Italian) led the Crimson in rushing yard-age this year with 752 yards. He was the Ivy League's second leading rusher with 581 yards for the second year in a row, trailing only Penn's senior tailback, Cabot Knowlton. (609 yards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gatto, Robertson, Hardin Lead '68 Teams | 11/28/1967 | See Source »

Princeton managed to match that tally five minutes later on a 60-yard march, capped by tailback Dick Bracken's 2-yard smash around end, but after the first quarter Yale left 'em in the dust...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers Succumb in ICA4's, Baker 12th | 11/21/1967 | See Source »

Pennsylvania upset Columbia, 26-6, as tailback Cabot Knowlton racked up 188 yards on 31 carries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers Succumb in ICA4's, Baker 12th | 11/21/1967 | See Source »

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