Word: wingback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emphasis in this defense is on stopping the sweep to the wide side of the field. The monster man usually lines up outside the wingback and is responsible for stopping the wide run-Harvard's bread and butter play...
...Tigers' favorite pass pattern appears to be flooding a zone with three receivers--an end, the wingback, and usually the fullback...
...more frequent Princeton running plays are the dive off the strongside tackle and inside traps to the short side, usually with wingback Jim Koloski carrying. The Tigers also will send the fullback over the middle, a play which keeps some of the pressure off the end sweep...
...most important man in the single wing is the tailback rather than the quarterback, who is used primarily for blocking. The tailback and the fullback both stand about five yards behind the center so that either one many receive the snap from center. The wingback is positioned beside the end on the strong side of the unbalanced line...
...Bucknell backfield boasted a Vassar at halfback and a Radcliffe at wingback, but Harvard treated them more like Lesley girls as the Crimson rolled to an easy 59-0 triumph over Bucknell Saturday...