Word: yovicsins
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...third quarter, after the Harvard offense had been sputtering all day, Yovicsin and the offensive coaches sent all the offensive black players in after a kickoff. Rod Foster was at quarterback. Bill Craven at flanker, Dave Robeson at tightend, and I was at fullback. Immediately we began to drive down the field. Foster was pinpointing passes to Craven and Robeson, running on his own when necessary, and handing off the ball to me in tight yardage situations...
...Yovicsin, I found out, was derisively called "YoYo" by the players. Both the players and coaches considered him to be the laughing stock of the camp. One day Yovicsin called me into his office and told me that Stephens had suggested that I be moved to defensive end. That I was the only backfield man who had the "size, strength and agility" to shift to that position from the backfield. I asked Yovicsin why, if Stephens could see that I possessed these qualities, that they could not best be utilized at a halfback position. After establishing the record...
...Yovicsin didn't even pause to consider my questions. He just told me that if I wanted to make a "contribution to the team," I should move to defensive end. Reluctantly, I agreed to do so. Throughout the previous year. Stephens and I had exchanged many harsh words. I knew he hated my guts and I'm sure he knew the feeling was mutual. I was not surprised to learn that he had been the one coach strongly recommending my removal to defense--away from...
...that they "couldn't understand what had prompted 'YoYo to make such a decision," how I was the hardest offensive back to tackle. This was something I knew all along. I remained a fourth-string defensive end for about two days. Then I finally told Yovicsin that I could no longer comfortably remain there when I knew that I was a better runner than any of the halfbacks he had. Telling him my feelings made him mad. He told me that if I moved back to offense, it would have to be as a fullback. I agreed...
...thought the coaches would be pleased with our performance and the touchdown. Returning to the sidelines, we received many congratulations from the players, but the coaches acted almost as if nothing had happened. They seemed to resent the fact that we had scored. Stephens said nothing to me. Finally Yovicsin forcingly said "good show...