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Davis gives much credit to the unsung wingmen-whose primary job is not to down MIGs but to protect their leaders. Davis has never brought his plane back bearing a trace of battle damage. Last week, on the day he downed four MIGs, he chased two MIGs away from his own wingman's tail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Hottest Pilot | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

Doug Manchester, alternating with Marsolais as center, played an excellent game, and scored one goal. Scott Coolidge and Ned Bliss were the wingmen on Manchester's line, while Ted Cooney and Frank Mahoney played on Marsolais' flanks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Sextet Crushes Melrose 14-0 for Third Consecutive Win | 12/20/1951 | See Source »

Passers are useless without receivers, and Kanter's Closed club has some of the best extant, including Lowell Sachnoff, whose total of five touchdowns put him near the top of the House scoring race. Other top-notch wingmen are the calm, gum-chewing Myles Herter, shifty Hugh Moss, and Major Close, who specializes in outrunning safety men. As if these aren't enough, Closed College can also count on a pair of ace two-way ends, wiry Ken Herlihy and Tom Johnson, whom Kanter calls "a first-rate tackler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Closed Powerhouse Opens Schedule | 11/3/1951 | See Source »

...Mastodons will start Tom Cavanaugh at goal, Ames Stevens at left defense, and Clark Cowen at right defense. The fast-skating first line has Paul Bird-sall at center and wingmen Pete Reiner and Myles Herter. Eliot also boasts a high-scoring second line of Demetrius Anderson and wings Bob Baldwin and Bill Bridges, who have worked very effectively together all season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Six Faces Davenport in New Haven Today | 3/25/1950 | See Source »

...Huntington will center a first line with Bill Garrity and Bob DiBlasio at the wings; Dave Abbot will center a second (third) line with Doug Anderson and Shorty Minot at the wings; and Joe Kittredge will center a third (second) line with Lew Preston and Carl Timpson as the wingmen...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Six Meets Brown in Crucial Contest | 1/10/1950 | See Source »

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