Word: tallback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...backfield is in a more fluid state right now, with Jack MacDonald and Tom Tennant alternating in the blocking back slot, Bill Jenkins, Herb Fritts, and Pete Harwood sharing the wingback duties, Leo Flynn, ken O'Donnell, Bill Jackson, and Charley Roche handling the tallback job, and Bob Cowen and Hal Miller filling in at fullback...
...might be called, is an unbalanced line, with only a guard and an end playing to the left of the center. The blocking back stands exactly behind the inside tackle, while the other three line up in a row about three yards behind the line. the fullback and tallback are behind the right and left guards, respectively, with the wingback directly to the rear of the right...
...lone score finally came in a last minute touchdown reminiscent of the Varsity victory over Princeton Saturday. The 30 yard heave, thrown by tallback Tom Sullivan, connected with tackle Jack Connelly, who had been switched to end earlier in the game, on the 25-yard line. Connelly then ran for a touchdown without being threatened by a Lowell tackler. Defensively the Commuters owed much of their strength to center Tim Warren, who has sparked the Dudley line in all of the last five contests...
...bigger and stronger Bill Wilson appears ready to give the Crimson a good running threat at tallback, and Wayne Johnson should step into the fullback role without much trouble. At the blocking and wingback positions, however, there were no standout performers in the spring drills. A talented Freshman might break into the starting lineup in one of those two positions early next fall...
...addition to Forte, the following lettermen will be ready for the opener against Penn on October 3: ends Jack Morgan, and Bill Barnes tackles Russ Standard and George Hibbard, guard Dick Row, center Lloyd Anderson, wingback Gordie Lyle and Clee O'Donnell, tallback Bill Wilson, and fullback Wayne Johnson...