Sentences with phrase «halfback who»

On the soccer field she was an All - County center halfback who helped Nanuet capture the Section 9 Class B title and advance to the New York State semifinals.

FOOTBALL Northwestern, seeking way out of Big Ten cellar, pinned hopes on 32 - year - old Ara Parseghian, onetime Cleveland Browns halfback who had unbeaten team at Miami of Ohio, signed him to 3 - year contract.

At Alabama he was a fine punter and a halfback who also called signals.

Rudy had been examining the bruised ribs of Mike Garrett, the Kansas City rookie halfback who had won the Heisman Trophy for 1965 at USC, but he turned to Headrick and said, «Come on, Sherrill, we're going to the hospital.»

Among those who heaped anguish upon the Texans were sophomores Joe Washington, a halfback who ran for 117 yards in only 12 tries, and Steve Davis, a quarterback and licensed Baptist minister.

Pack, a little halfback who became a poet when he grew up, ranged behind the defensive linemen, exhorting them.

Among the 90 halfbacks who a) were drafted between 2010 - 17 and b) have been given at least 100 pro carries thus far, few have truly stood out.

Not exact matches

A man who named his racehorse «Concrete Charlie» showed up, as did one man who said he attended the iconic 1960 game at Yankee Stadium where Bednarik cemented himself into NFL folklore with a knockout hit on Giants halfback Frank Gifford.

The week before they lost a first - string defensive halfback Bobby Holladay — who broke an ankle.

He is a natural halfback but operates at fullback so that Lowe, who has chronic leg trouble but is a tear - away threat, can be in the game at the same time.

The Brennan boys are, however, nephews of former Notre Dame Halfback Johnny Lattner, who won the 1953 Heisman Trophy when he played halfback at South Bend and who now runs a restaurant in Chicago.

Auburn coach Pat Dye's list of concerns for spring practice seemed normal enough: 1) Find a quarterback to run his read - and - react wishbone attack; 2) Replace placekicker Al Del Greco; 3) Hope that consensus All - America halfback Bo Jackson (page 134), who had skipped spring football to take a run at making the Olympic track team, didn't catch terminal tetanus from a cinder burn.

The running game is strong with sophomore halfback Kerry Goode and All - SEC fullback Ricky Moore, a senior who last year rushed for 947 yards, the most a «Bama back has gained since Johnny Musso got 1,088 in 1971.

There are even those, it seems, who would like to deduct the added cost of luring the athlete to old Siwash State — an expense that sometimes runs into quite a sum, what with a new convertible for the prospect's father and a new automatic washing machine for Mom, along with numerous trips to the campus and appropriate accompanying entertainment for the halfback himself.

The game's promoters had been impressed with the Bruins» late - season wins over Yale and Carlisle and with their star halfback, Fritz Pollard, who the following year would become the first black running back to make Walter Camp's All - America team.

His death came exactly 17 weeks after that of Tide halfback George Scruggs, who was killed in a car crash.

Newcastle returns to its normal, cool style; a fullback dribbles the ball 15 or 20 yards, then slips a short pass to a halfback, who carries a few yards and passes to another halfback, who rips a curving, spinning drive around a defender and spang on the foot of a forward.

One discovers that there are teams that prefer to drive the ball deep down the field with a single kick and hope to win the ultimate scramble for it; teams that have super-duper wingers like Stanley Matthews, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, who can carry the ball single - footedly down the sideline before looping a pass to the forwards bunched in front of the goal; teams that specialize in position play, with a fullback bringing the ball up 20 yards, then passing off to a halfback and retaining his position, and so on down the field; teams that pass and pass and pass, cuties in spikes, until one begins to wonder if anyone knows how to shoot.

The Carolinas, North and South, are centers of the «halfback» movement — retirees who move to Florida from the North, decide it's not for them and move halfway back.