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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...guard situation has not improved appreciably since the announcement Monday that Ernie Sargeant had given up football. Dick pfister has looked better, and Tom Lacey has been doing yeoman work as his sub. Pfister's weak spot at present is his blocking on pullout plays when he is slated to clean out defensive backs. This phase of his blocking could be improved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TORBIE MACDONALD OUT FOR ARMY GAME | 11/9/1939 | See Source »

Ernie Sargeant, Charley Spreyer, George Heiden, Pete Elser, Tom Healey, Vern Miller, and Don Lowry all took a day off from practice...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: TORBIE MACDONALD AGAIN IN ACTION IN GRIDIRON WORKOUT | 11/7/1939 | See Source »

...Arbor campus, Tom Harmon, a gregarious, lantern-jawed six-footer with a Tarzan physique and a yen for swing music, was promptly nicknamed Terrible Tommy, or The Hoosier Hammer. As a freshman he got a D in English (he is studying for a radio career-probably sportcasting) but won the University trophy as the best allround athlete in intramural sports. Sophomore year he was tapped by Sphinx (junior honor society) and elected Pharaoh. Last week diverse sports enthusiasts named a baby and a racehorse after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Midwestern Front | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Evashevski or no Evashevski, most football fans agreed last week that Tom Harmon will probably be named on every All-America this year and that Michigan not only should win its 15th Conference championship but might lay claim to the mythical championship of the U. S. Scanning the Midwestern Front, football experts saw no grave obstacle* in its march to the Big Ten title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Midwestern Front | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Coach Dick Harlow was lavish in his praise of the improvement the Harvard squad had made. The Sophomores, of course, came in for a lion's share of the plandits, but it was Senior Tom Healey who was the apple of Dick's eye. Of Worcester Tom, he said, "the best game of tackle any Harvard boy has ever played...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: Rejuvenated Squad Shows Improvement In Dropping Close Contest to Bengals | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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