Word: warners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...told him I was going to make a football leter, or leave Pitt. He told me all right, stay out if you want, and if you make your letter, I'll buy you a suit of clothes'." Jordan won three varsity letters and captained Glen S. (Pop) Warner's last Pitt team in 1923. "It was a pretty nice suit of clothes," he recalls...
...Warner man, Jordan went into coaching immediately after leaving Pitt, and after four years of high school work, went to Colgate as an assistant coach. In 1932, he moved to Amberst as head football and basketball coach, and later became athletic director as well. Amherst played Harvard once during Jordan's tenure. "We hit that team just right--outstanding players like "Chub" Peabody and Vern Struck were sophomores, and they only beat us, 13 to 0. We had a good back also--Al Snowball, and throughout the game, the announcer kept blaring, "Struck, by Snowball...
...professional Africa hand, but a good observing traveler, is Esther Warner. Her SEVEN DAYS To LOMALAND (269 pp.; Houghton Mifflin; $3.50) is the story of a seven-day hike she made across Liberia to witness the native trial-by-ordeal of a houseboy accused of thievery. Her account is charming and clear-eyed...
...days when the Crimson eleven was accustomed to sweep all its contests except the game with Yale, who has spoiled nine undefeated varsity seasons, the most constant threat for an upset victory was Pop Warner's unorthodox team from the Carlisle Indian School...
...last varsity game to be played on Soldiers Field in 1903, the Crimson barely managed to avoid an upset after Warner's legendary hidden-ball play had given the Indians an early lead. The Braves were returning a kickoff when the whole team came together on the seven-yard line and the ball was slipped up the jersey of Charlie Dillon, a Sioux Indian from South Dakota. Then a flying wedge was formed and Dillon scored to put Carlisle ahead, 11 to 0. Harvard finally did win, however, by a score...