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...most startling position shifts of the 1938 football season occurred yesterday afternoon, when head coach Dick Harlow placed Joe Gardella, third-string bucking back, as a wingback on team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gardella Changed to Wingback On Eve of West Point Struggle | 10/14/1938 | See Source »

Starters for the 1942 outfit are Tom Johnson and George Kuhn, ends, Vern Miller and Tom Gardiner, tackles; Endicott Peabody and Don Wilson, guards; Chuck Ayres, center; Frank Lee, wingback; Ted Lyman, blocking back; Harry Tine, bucking back; and Fred Spreyer, tailback...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING GRIDDERS TO MEET EXETER OUTFIT | 10/8/1938 | See Source »

...Varsity "red-shirts" were increased to the number of 30 yesterday with the promotion of Al Maguire, Frazier Curtis, and Joe Gardella. Maguire and Curtis, both Sophomores, played respectively at end and blocking back on last year's J. V. club, while Gardella was the star wingback on last year's Freshman aggregation. Now a bucking back, Gardella has shown up well enough in his first scrimmages since being hurt to warrant his consideration close under Mike Cohen...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Scouts Cry "Pittsburg", "Minnesota" About Cornell as Harlow Drives Hard | 10/5/1938 | See Source »

...constantly. You can count on the fingers of one hand the games in which Wilson has missed the gong, and this one does not give evidence of being one count. Chief Boston, however, will see plenty of action before the day is done, as will other "B" backs like wingback Bob Burnett and bucking back Ben Smith...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Harlow Eases Off For Year's Opener With Bruin Team | 9/30/1938 | See Source »

Looking further, Torby Macdonald and Cliff Wilson are a cinch at wingback and blocking back respectively. Chief Boston, out of spring, practice due to an appendectomy, cannot possibly push Wilson out yet, at any rate. At tailback Austie Harding holds a windward berth on Frank Foley, one of the heroes of last year's Yale clash, mainly due to the fact that a minor injury has kept Foley out of scrimmage for a week...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Gridmen In High Gear Compared to '37 | 9/27/1938 | See Source »

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