Word: two-platoon
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Caldwell emphasized that injuries had increased and were more serious since the two-platoon system was abolished. Raimo agreed with him. Neither coach mentioned that their records had taken a nose-dive since the rule change...
...injuries were due to the present rule." Frequently, he finds "Injuries are just a matter of luck." The varsity coach then contradicted many opponents of the rule when he commented, "I saw technical perfection this year, and I also saw spirit over and above what we had in two-platoon football...
...felt that once a placement booter was exempted from the rule the coaches would then seek to have the holder immunized, and after that they'd want a special center for extra points and perhaps a new set of guards. To Jordan, there is one-platoon football and two-platoon football, and "there isn't any between...
...football's two-platoon era this season marked the decline & fall of the specialist, the player who could block but not tackle, the player who could pass but could not defend against enemy passes. This year All-America football selectors did not have to worry about such refinements as offensive and defensive teams. Last week and this, the Associated Press, United Press, International News Service, Look and Collier's released their choices. Notre Dame Halfback Johnny Lattner, for the second year in a row, made everybody's team. The consensus...
...these manifold talents, Halfback Johnny Lattner, as a Notre Dame junior, got the Maxwell Trophy as the outstanding football player of 1952. and he was the only player to make everybody's All-America team. This year, when two-way players are at a premium with the end of the two-platoon system, when football is again producing iron men instead of wooden specialists, All-America Lattner is taking up where he left...