Word: tallback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John West replaced Paul Shafer as offensive fullback, running with Bill Henry and Hal Moffie. Cal Lowenstein and Chuck Roche alternated at tallback. In the line, converted end Al Wilson switched with Duke Sedgwick at right tackle, but the rest of the offensive line was almost back at full strength, with both Howie Houston and John Coan running...
...result, only a few token T-formation plays have been grafted into the single-wing trunk. Jim Kenary; last year's passing whiz, who hasn't thrown from the T yet, was shifted from quarter-back to tallback earlier this week...
...Moffle broke away for four touchdowns to lead the Varsity backs and the diminutive tallback's play was generally up to the standard he set for himself in the Dartmouth fracas...
Bucky Harrison's swollen Deacon squad played a spotty game in defeating the Puritans who were able to field only a 15 man squad. Kevin McCarrey, Kirkland tallback, went for the first score on a dash around right end in the opening period. E>Lamb Gets...
...attack on all fronts. He called his plays like a machine, rolling them out in an endless variety based on a few simple propositions. With himself as the continuous passing threat, Furse could hurl to a flanker, flip a Harmon lateral to the wing or tallback, hand off to Nadherny, or--and this is his most devasting weapon--leap in the air after a count of one or two or three and explode the ball over the center of the line...