Word: valpey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Saturday is the day Art Valpey and Herman Hickman are supposed to dust off all the razzle-dazzle plays they haven't used so far this year, but actually it's unlikely that Valpey will resort to any of the new plays he has cooked up this fall--unless...
...seems unlikely that Valpey will bend over backward to show them anything...
Even in his brief appearances that year he made a lasting impression on his team-mates. In the opening game against Indiana, Butch, who was playing at tackle next to one Arthur Valpey, was running the Hoosier backfield in the first quarter. He had accounted for about 10 tackles in as many minutes when on one play he collided head-on with fullback Bert Hoffman and collapsed dizzily upon the turf. In his dazed condition he only realized that his left thumb was broken, but the trainers on the bench surmised more. They rushed out onto the field to investigate...
...years there he got a thorough indoctrination, as did Art Valpey and Davey Nelson, into the art of teaching the Crisler system. Butch selects his players primarily on the basis of intensity, speed, and quickness of reactions. Once he has linemen singled out he keeps after them to hit Iow, hard, and fast, but on matters of stance and position he gives his boys a free hand...
...Donnell favored his "broken ankle" only slightly and he will definitely serve as game captain, although Art Valpey is still awaiting the official medical department green light before figuring him in his game plans...