"Coach cries a lot," observed Red Team halfback Donald Mursgard.
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"You want to win," said Red Team halfback Donald Mursgard.
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Newton is a hybrid of abilities — pocket passer, scrambling improviser and halfback.
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Then, six plays later, they tried a trick play, a halfback option pass.
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If your halfback can't pass the ball, then there's something wrong with the game.
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Halfback Eno Benjamin rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown for the Sun Devils.
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The Giants activated halfback Shane Vereen off the injured reserve/designated for return list.
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Take, for example, this season's trendiest offbeat play: the halfback or wide receiver option pass.
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Bud Wilkinson, the Oklahoma coach, took a chance on McDonald and installed him at halfback.
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One university might want to offer a star halfback $40,000, while another might offer him $60,000.
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Jay and Danny, our coaches, knew I threw a solid option pass from the halfback position.
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"You lay an egg like that — obviously we didn't play well," Giants halfback Orleans Darkwa said.
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His death was announced by Louisiana State University, where he had been an all-American halfback.
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Fritz Pollard, a halfback who was black, took some N.F.L. snaps at quarterback in the 1920s.
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Oregon halfback Royce Freeman had 81 yards rushing and a touchdown, his 54th, breaking the school record.
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Pat O' Brien was the coach and Ronald Reagan was the halfback who died in the end.
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He was extraordinarily versatile, playing quarterback, halfback, wide receiver, defensive back, punter, and punt and kick returner.
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Browning completed 15 of 22 passes, and halfback Myles Gaskin had 86 of Washington's 171 rushing yards.
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And on the next play, halfback Curtis Samuel ran the ball in 15 yards for the win.
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The team finally gets a first down, and the halfback celebrates like he just won the Super Bowl.
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Which is to say, it's the story of a halfback trying, and failing, to outrun his own blackness.
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Dan Reeves completed a 50-yard halfback option pass against the Packers during the Ice Bowl in 1967.
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She played halfback for the national team because, she says, her Haitian roots made her stronger than her teammates.
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This is Sydney Roosters halfback Mitchell Pearce causing a mess at a house party in quite a drunken state.
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Daniels completed a 72-yard touchdown pass to halfback Eno Benjamin on third-and-193 with 4:42 remaining.
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Fast, strong and elusive, he played halfback, quarterback, defensive back and kicker on a team with several other African-Americans.
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When he left the Navy, Parseghian enrolled at Miami University in Ohio and earned all-American mention as a halfback.
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Just one fly in the ointment: It was rumored that the "Celestial Comet" halfback Johnny Chung might have been using steroids.
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Former Chicago Bears halfback Gale Sayers was the youngest player ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977.
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Halfback Glenn Davis, who starred in 1947's The Spirit of West Point, dated and was briefly engaged to Elizabeth Taylor.
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But, the halfback is only 25 years old ... and a nice market could exist for him if the price is right.
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Sure, the fake punt did not lead to any points because that halfback pass by Shane Vereen was underthrown and intercepted.
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Now we just need to clock this guy's 40, get his bench press and we'll have a bonafide 60-year-old halfback.
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Reynolds played halfback at FSU back in the '50s -- and was a proud supporter of the Seminoles football team over the years.
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Johnson was an All-American halfback at Michigan, and he was the first black player to be named a football captain there.
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Wilson completed 20 of 33 passes, hitting 2 different receivers, and Cougars halfback Ty'Son Williams rushed for 99 yards on 19 carries.
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People who couldn't tell a quarterback from a halfback routinely bend my ear on something the commissioner said or a player did.
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Like most of the shortest players in the game, Tanaka plays the scrumhalf position, one of the two crucial playmaking halfback roles.
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Griffey Sr.'s father, Buddy, was a star halfback at Donora High School in Pennsylvania and earned a football scholarship to Kentucky State.
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He was a college football star, playing halfback on a scholarship to Florida State University until an injury kept him off the field.
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The last such megastar to leave the league this early was Detroit Lions halfback Barry Sanders, who walked away at 31 in 1999.
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With just less than five minutes left in the fourth quarter, James White threw a halfback option pass to Jakobi Meyers for 35 yards.
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An All-American halfback at the University of Michigan, he later coached the team and then became athletic director at the University of Iowa.
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Legend of Johnny Chung The pièce de résistance, however, was Johnny Chung, a 6-foot-3, 212-pound halfback who was half-Chinese, half-Hawaiian.
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The halfback or receiver option pass might be in vogue right now, but did you know the Cowboys pulled one off in the Ice Bowl?
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Aiyuk caught four passes for 23 yards and halfback Eno Benjamin rushed for 257 yards and caught three passes for 575 yards and a touchdown.
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The Wildcats got within one score when halfback Alex Barnes completed a 3-yard touchdown jump pass to fullback Winston Dimel to make it 19-14.
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On Thanksgiving of that year, Georgetown University halfback George Bahen was paralyzed during an in-game brawl between his team and a group of club players.
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Kiick has also watched her father, Jim, a halfback on the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins, descend into early-onset Alzheimer's disease after a concussion-plagued career.
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In recorded interviews from nearly 50 years ago, the 1910 Emporia team insisted that halfback Wayne B. Granger routinely faked a run and then threw the football.
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With 10:44 left in the fourth quarter, Newton threw a 13-yard halfback pass for a touchdown to Bynum to increase the lead to 31-7.
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Johnny Lattner, the versatile halfback who won the 20 Heisman Trophy playing for an unbeaten Notre Dame team, died on Saturday at his home in Melrose Park, Ill.
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Sanders blew by Eric Kendricks on the halfback seam for a 4.53-yard touchdown, then used a rub to burn Anthony Barr for 45 yards on the wheel.
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The fight only ends when one of the other non-fighting kangaroos leaps over the fence like a football halfback diving for a touchdown, in insanely badass kangaroo fashion.
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The Boilermakers reached into their bag of tricks on their first offensive play with a halfback option that was intercepted by Kieron Williams at the Purdue 21999-yard line.
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Clint was a beast back in the day ... playing BOTH halfback and safety for the Bulldogs -- but decided to forego an NFL career for a job in advertising (seriously).
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Barrett completed 9 of 573 passes for 83 yards and halfback Jo-El Shaw rushed for 67 yards for the Golden Flashes, whose play at Auburn on Sept. 14.
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Brown passed for a 20-yard touchdown and caught a 12-yard score on a halfback pass to put Boston College up 24-21 just 45 seconds before halftime.
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For one, the first winner was Jay Berwanger, a halfback from the University of Chicago, which three years later dropped football because it interfered with the school's academic mission.
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Wofford came out of the break strong, using 10 plays to go 75 yards to trim its deficit to 14-10 on a 1-yard run by halfback Blake Morgan.
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This came after Auburn bounced back from an early 3-0 deficit, capping a 75-yard drive with a 9-yard halfback pass from JaTarvious Whitlow to John Samuel Shenker.
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For their part, the Jaguars don't seem too concerned with the arrest ... head coach Doug Marrone told reporters just a couple of weeks ago he will NOT discipline the star halfback.
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Halfback Eno Benjamin had 70 yards rushing and touchdown but lost a fourth-quarter fumble at the goal line, and Frank Darby and Kyle Williams had touchdowns receptions for Arizona State.
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Dan Reeves, the future coach and a former college quarterback, threw a 50-yard halfback option touchdown pass in the famed 1967 Ice Bowl N.F.L. championship between Dallas and Green Bay.
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Vic Wharton III not only hauled in a fourth-quarter touchdown en route to 79 yards via the air, but also connected with Noa on a halfback pass for a touchdown.
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While the Waratahs coaching staff said at the time the team had pulled together after the controversy broke, Wallabies halfback Phipps said on Sunday the furore had affected the Sydney-based side.
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One reception came on a broken play after Sanders started wide, but the other four were schemed from the backfield, two on halfback seams and two on wheel routes from the mesh concept.
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Jetmundsen said halfback Henry Seibels, who was known as Diddy, suffered a gash on his head in the game with Texas, but continued playing when the wound was covered with quick-setting plaster.
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Ducks halfback CJ Verdell rushed for 269 yards and a touchdown, Cyrus Habibi-Likio had a touchdown run and Darrian Felix capped the scoring on a 266-yard run with 2105:02 remaining.
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Cal halfback Marcel Dancy rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown, Garbers added 42 yards rushing and backup quarterback Brandon McIlwain threw a late touchdown pass in the first meeting between the two schools.
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Chuck Bednarik: The Hall of Fame linebacker-center was one of the hardest-hitting tacklers to play in the NFL, famously known for flattening New York Giants halfback Frank Gifford in a 1960 game.
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Juszczyk might line up out wide, near the sideline, then suddenly end up behind the quarterback at halfback or along the line at tight end, deceiving defenses before clearing space for backs to run.
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Aggies halfback Jason Huntley had a 214-yard touchdown run and on a 213-yard TD reception from Rogers in the fourth quarter, and Jaleel Scott scored on a 289-yard catch as time expired.
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Chicago (8-4) forced overtime by getting a 21-yard field goal by Cody Parkey and a 143-yard touchdown pass from halfback Tarik Cohen to Anthony Miller as time expired in the fourth quarter.
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As Thomas J. Smith points out in his book "Showdown," it took direct pressure from the Kennedy administration to get Washington to sign Bobby Mitchell, a halfback and future Hall of Fame inductee, in 1962.
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Pittman had nine receptions for 13 yards, and halfback Vavae Malepeai rushed for 96 yards and one touchdown for the Trojans, who were attempting to go 3-0 for the second time in three seasons.
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Navy routed Army, 43-12, in the 1959 game, led by Joe Bellino, a halfback who won the Heisman Trophy the following season and later played for the Boston Patriots of the American Football League.
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Attending the University of Florida in Gainesville, he played halfback and defensive back on the football team and excelled even more on the Gators' baseball team, where he was an All-American second baseman and batted .
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Among its items are a cartoon signed by George H.W. Bush; a note from Burt Reynolds, the movie star and former Florida State halfback; and a jersey from perhaps the greatest quarterback Schnellenberger coached, Joe Namath.
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In Kansas, however, a group of coaches and players from the 1910 College of Emporia football team laid claim to the first methodical, regular use of the halfback option under the direction of Coach Homer Woodson Hargiss.
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We had had a lot of penalties, took touchdowns off the board on offense and defensively we gave up a halfback pass at the end of the game and a throwback play on a two-point play.
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Sun Devils wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk had career highs with 196 yards receiving and three scores, and halfback Eno Benjamin rushed for season-high 03 yards and a touchdown for Arizona State (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12).
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According to ProFootballReference, the last player to have 25 rushing attempts and 10 passing attempts in the same game was Joe Geri, a halfback for the Steelers, who did it in a win over the Giants in 33.
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When he wasn't bowling over would-be tacklers, Taylor handed out crushing blocks, most famously on the Packers' signature play, the power sweep, helping clear a path for halfback Paul Hornung, his fellow Hall of Famer, to run wide.
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He played halfback at Baylor, starred as a sprinter and was named most valuable player in the 1957 Sugar Bowl game for his 54-yard run that set up a touchdown in a 13-7 upset of unbeaten Tennessee.
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Sun Devils wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk had career highs with 196 yards receiving and three scores, and halfback Eno Benjamin rushed for season-high 137 yards and a touchdown for the Sun Devils (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12).
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Playing alongside his brother, Pete, at quarterback, and his fellow All-American Bob Chappuis at halfback, Bump Elliott was voted the most valuable player in the conference (then known as the Big Nine) in 1947 and scored 12 touchdowns.
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Also leaving are two talented seniors: Taylor Decker, an offensive lineman probably headed for the first round, and Braxton Miller, a two-time Big Ten offensive player of the year at quarterback who converted to halfback for his final season.
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Randy won three Southwest Conference batting titles and played halfback in two Cotton Bowl games, for Texas Christian in 1945 and the University of Texas in 1946, while enrolled in World War II-era naval officer training programs on their campuses.
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Joe Bellino, an elusive halfback who was the first Navy player to win the Heisman Trophy but whose professional football career, delayed by four years of military service, fell short of expectations, died on March 27 in a hospice in Lincoln, Mass.
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Junior halfback Nyheim Hines, also considered a possible early draft entry, rushed for a career-high three touchdowns, Reggie Gallaspy II rushed for two and Jaylen Samuels added another as the Wolfpack (9-4) were never threatened after opening a 110-3 lead.
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Bump Elliott, the All-American halfback on an unbeaten University of Michigan football team who later coached the Wolverines for a decade, then rebuilt the sports program at the University of Iowa as its longtime athletic director, died on Saturday in Iowa City.
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He also has rushed for 75 yards and a score, and his 15-yard run on fourth-and-13 set up halfback Eno Benjamin's game-winning 123-yard scoring run with 50 seconds left for a 7-3 victory at Michigan State last week.
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Each carry or hit-up by Lauitiiti got the loudest cheers last Sunday, while ex-star halfback Andrew Johns, in town with the Knights for their clash with the Warriors the next day, waited patiently in the tunnel post-match to catch up with his former opponent.
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Sophomore halfback Deonte Sheffield had 21 yards rushing in his first career start and backup quarterback Jordan Travis rushed for 204 yards and also had an 234-yard pass reception for the Seminoles, who had 123 yards total offense while playing without leading rusher Cam Akers.
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Key players included George McAfee (halfback, Chicago Bears), Ray Terrell (halfback, Ole Miss), George Faust (Minnesota), Bill Borcher (Oregon), Vic Fusia (Manhattan), and Bill Chipley. McAfee was selected as the right halfback on the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team.
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Key players included quarterback Jack Coles, captain and tackle H.V. Smith, halfback Edgar Ross, halfback Clarence "Tick" Smith, center Milton "Biff" Martin, and fullback Jack Young.
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Bass received a scholarship to the University of Michigan, enrolling in 1963, and playing on the Michigan Wolverines football team as a halfback from 1964 to 1966. As a junior, Bass started one game at quarterback and two games at right halfback for the 1965 Michigan Wolverines football team. As a senior, he started two games at left halfback and four games at right halfback for the 1966 Michigan team. Although listed as a halfback, Bass played principally on defense and was limited to five carries on offense for 13 rushing yards.
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Ellensburg Daily Record: p. 11. August 28, 1980. Retrieved February 20, 2010. Tyler was moved to halfback early in the season after the Huskies' third-string halfback was injured.
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On 30 September, Moses was named at halfback for the Australia PM XIII side. He was named as the 2019 halfback of the year at the Dally M Awards.
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Halfback info at about.com The halfback position is one of the more glamorous positions on the field in modern football, and is commonly viewed as a requirement for a team's success.Halfback job type at findarticles.com Sometimes the halfback can catch the ball from the backfield on short passing plays as he is an eligible receiver.
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Guard Loren Dietrich received the team's most valuable player award.2015 Media Guide, pp. 95-96. Eight Central Michigan players (Dietrich, Hawes, center Bill Banaszak, tackle Ken Barron, halfback Dave Clark, halfback Bill Doser, guard Marty Klozik, and halfback Chuck Miller) received first-team honors on the All-IIAC team.2015 Media Guide, p. 96.
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The starting lineup was: Swanson (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Gunn (left guard), Wilksy (center), C. Perry (guard), Doty (tackle), Duncan (end), Carlton (quarterback), Pomeroy (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).
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Erickson was a prominent halfback for the Gallaudet Bison of Gallaudet University. In 1901, Erickson was selected All-Southern; George Andree was also a halfback for Gallaudet. Erickson was captain in 1902.
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After the war, Weston returned to the Michigan football team. He started all seven of Michigan's games in 1917 as a halfback (five as left halfback and two as right halfback), and Cliff Sparks took over as quarterback. The 1919 Michigan team finished with a disappointing 3–4 record and a 7th-place finish in the Western Conference.
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The starting lineup was Kearley (left end), Steed (left tacle), Taylor (left guard), Pitts (center), Thigpen (right guard), Louiselle (right tackle), Robinson (end), Hairston (quarterback), Prendergast (left halfback), Hart (right halfback), Harris (fullback).
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He played one match as halfback. Eight years later he was a member of the French field hockey team, which finish fourth in the 1936 Olympic tournament. He played one match as halfback.
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Senior halfback Bill "Eel" Hargis was the team's star player.
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Halfback Allen Bush received the team's most outstanding player award.
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Halfback Horace Coleman received the team's most outstanding player award.
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Halfback Geard "Rusty" Armstrong from Roswell was the team captain.
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VPI's starting lineup was: Webber (left end), Willson (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Stiles (center), Strickling (right guard), Hines (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Nutter (quarterback), Treadwell (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).
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VPI's starting lineup was: Webber (left end), Willson (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Tomson (center), Strickling (right guard), Hines (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Harris (quarterback), Nutter (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Hanley (fullback).
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The starting lineup was: Coleman (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Pomeroy (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Hockenstadt (fullback).
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The starting lineup was: Merrin (left end), Williams (left tackle), Smith (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Robinson (right tackle), Lightsey (right end), Jones (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Pomeroy (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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The starting lineup was: Lightsey (left end), Williams (left tackle), Smith (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Robinson (right tackle), Merrin (right end), Jones (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Pomeroy (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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The starting lineup was: Lightsey (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Oosterhoudt (right end), Jones (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Pittman (right halfback), Middlekauf (fullback).
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The starting lineup was: Green (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Sarra (center), Davis (right guard), Petronis (right tackle), Whitaker (right end), Stanley (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Jones (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).
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The starting lineup was Oosterhoudt (left end), Clemons (left tackle), Tucker (left guard), Harris (center), Stewart (right guard), Chaplin (right tackle), Dehoff (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Beck (left halfback), Owens (right halfback), Ihrig (fullback).
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The starting lineup was Beaulau (left end), Unsworth (left tackle), Fitz (left guard), Reed (center), Killinger (right guard), Payne (right tackle), Wight (right end), Richeson (quarterback), Dwyer (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), McGraw (fullback).
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In 1897 he played as a halfback for the Bucknell Bison.
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His card in Madden Ultimate Team was renamed Baltimore Halfback #25.
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Tennessee halfback Beattie Feathers was voted SEC Player of the Year.
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Ashby is an uncle of former All Black halfback Justin Marshall.
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Michigan's starting lineup against Vanderbilt was Kirk (left end), Muirhead (left tackle), Blott (left guard), Slaughter (center), Steele (right guard), VanDervoort (right tackle), Goebel (right end), Uteritz (quarterback), Kipke (left halfback), Roby (right halfback), and Cappon (fullback). Substitutions for Michigan were by Neisch, Rosatti, Knode, Henderson, and Steger. Vanderbilt starting lineup against Michigan was McCullough (left end), Bomar (left tackle), Morrow (left guard), Sharpe (center), Kelly (right guard), Bradford (right tackle), Sc. Neill (right end), Kuhn (quarterback), Neely (left halfback), Reese (right halfback), Wakefield (fullback).
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Halfback Wayne Rasmussen was selected as the NCC's Most Valuable Players.2007 Media Guide, p. 92. Other key players included ends Darrel Tramp and Ed Maras, tackle Dave Westbrock, center Jerry Ochs, and halfback Wayne Rasmussen.
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VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pitts (left guard), Gibbs (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).
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VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Massie (left guard), Gibbs (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), A. Hodgson (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).
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When the ball was snapped it went to a halfback. > The play was closely massed and well screened. The halfback then thrust the > ball under the back of my jersey. Then he would crash into the line.
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Humphrey attended Kilgore High School in Kilgore, Texas. He played high school football at quarterback and halfback. He was a part of a dominant tandem with halfback Larry Hickman. As a junior, he was switched to fullback.
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Dickson missed goal. The starting lineup was: Swanson (left end), Wuthrich (left tackle), Scott (left guard), Perry (center), Rosenhouse (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Renfro (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Carlton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).
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Scott Cowan (born 4 June 1983 in Gore, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a halfback for the Southland Stags. He is the younger brother of All Blacks halfback, Jimmy Cowan.
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Detroit Lions defensive halfback Don Doll was named the game's outstanding player.
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This came after the second halfback, Brendan Haami, injured himself in practice.
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Other key players included halfback Noland Smith and split end Johnnie Robinson.
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The starting lineup for the Gators against Drake: Oosterhoudt (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Sarra (center), Goldstein (right guard), Stewart (right tackle), Merrin (right end), Jones (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).
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Halfback "Doc" Ranes was the team captain. Three Bradley players were selected as first-team players on the 1925 All-IIAC football team: Carlson at left end; Eugene McNaught at right guard; and Al DeCremer at left halfback.
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They are Tom Curtis (halfback and defensive back, 1967–1969), Dan Dierdorf (offensive tackle, 1968–1970), Ron Johnson (halfback, 1966–1968), and Jim Mandich (tight end, 1967–1969). Dierdorf and a fifth player, Tom Mack (tackle, 1963–1965), have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A sixth, Dave Raimey (halfback, 1960–1962), has been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
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The starting lineup for the Gators against Washington & Lee: Rose (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Sarra (center), Goldstein (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Merrin (right end), Jones (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).
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Halfback Ronnie Brown throwing out of the wildcat. On rare occasions, and in the early days of the sport, a halfback is asked to throw the ball when running a HB option.Halfback option at ecnext.com.Halfback option play at football.com.
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Occidental was led on offense by halfback Johnny Trump and quarterback Joe Johnson.
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Rontarius Robinson (born April 8, 1982) is a former Canadian football defensive halfback.
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Steele played halfback for the Cumberland Bulldogs of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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Lineman David Evans and halfback Robert Williams were selected to the second team.
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Brown played at end, while his brother "Mack" played at halfback in 1925.
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Nutter, Cox, Harvey, and Harlan starred. VPI's starting lineup was: Webber (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Stiles (center), Stickling (right guard), Hines (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Nutter (quarterback), Cox (left halfback), Hanvey (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).
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Other players receiving first-team honors from at least two of the three major selectors were Indiana halfback George Taliaferro, Purdue halfback Harry Szulborski, Northwestern fullback Art Murakowski, Minnesota end Bud Grant, Minnesota guard Leo Nomellini, and Northwestern center Alex Sarkisian.
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The starting lineup for Vanderbilt was V. Blake (left end); Pritchard (left tackle); McLain (left guard); Stone (center); Chorn (right guard); E. Noel (right tackle); B. Blake (right end); Costen (quarterback); D. Blake (left halfback); Craig (right halfback); Manier (fullback).
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What to make of the replacement of the other halfback from the top illustration by the fullback in the bottom one? Well, if the wingback were playing in a true wingback position but named halfback, then the other "halfback" would be playing deeper and thus deserve the name fullback. Another justification is that the player positioned as the left halfback in the top illustration tends to have the fullback characteristics described above. But rather than call the faster, lighter back behind (and in this formation, to the left of) him a halfback and so contradict the distance-back-determines-the-name principle (and rather than add rugby's three-quarters back), we call that player "tailback"—the tail of the formation, farther back than the fullback.
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Seniors graduating included captain Goof Bowyer, Tommy Owens, Dutch Stanley, Jus Clemons, Willie DeHoff, and Chester Allen. All but DeHoff played all three years for the Florida varsity. Despite this, hopes were high for the team and its backs in 1929. Four 1928 Gators would later play professional football in the National Football League (NFL): halfback/quarterback Carl Brumbaugh, halfback/quarterback Clyde Crabtree, halfback Royce Goodbread, and tackle Dale Waters.
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He played at halfback in the Dragons' 1999 NRL Grand Final loss to Melbourne.
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Pat Dunne (fullback) and Perce Wilson (left halfback) appeared in the game as substitutes.
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He has made the majority of his appearances at but has covered at halfback.
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Halfback Edgar Jones was named to the second team on the All-Eastern team.
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VPI "had no trouble" in beating Gallaudet 56–0. The starting lineup was Webber (left end), Varner (left tackle), Diffendal (left guard), Stiles (center), Stickling (right guard), Hynes (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Harris (quarterback), Nutter (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Hollan (fullback).
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At the end of the 1948 season, Doll was selected as a first-team halfback on the Associated Press All-Pacific Coast Team. He was also selected as the halfback and punter for the West team in the 1948 East–West Shrine Game.
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Tulane triumphed 21–0 over rival LSU.Jambalaya, 1921 The starting lineup was Wiegand (left end), Payne (left tackle), Fitz (left guard), Reed (center), Unsworth (right guard), Beallieu (right tackle), Wight (right end), Richeson (quarterback), Dwyer (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Smith (fullback).
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The game was called early due to darkness. The starting lineup was: Sims (left end), Jones (left tackle), Keyes (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Bolling (right tackle), Pearce (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Seibels (right halfback), and Simkins (fullback).
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Edwin Donald Macon (March 7, 1927 – April 19, 2017) was a professional American football halfback.
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He accepted a football scholarship from Colgate University, where he was a standout at halfback.
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Speer was a running back, playing quarterback and halfback on Billy Laval's Furman Purple Hurricane.
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Halfback Warner Mizell headed a powerful backfield that also included Stumpy Thomason and Father Lumpkin.
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He was a backup halfback and kickoff returner. He was released on September 8, 1964.
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It was as a halfback that Robinson threw the first legal forward pass to teammate Jack Schneider in a game at Carroll College on September 5, 1906. Halfback Jim Thorpe rushed for some 2,000 yards in 1912 as a member of the Carlisle Indians. In 1928, Ken Strong accounted for some 3,000 yards. Don Hutson, one of the sport's first great receivers, had his passes in college tossed by halfback Dixie Howell.
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Ohio State halfback Chic Harley. No position in American football can perform his duties successfully without the help of other players. Like the wide receiver, who generally cannot make big plays without the quarterback passing to him (with the exception of the end-around play), the halfback needs good blocking from the offensive line and fullback to successfully gain yardage. Also, a halfback will generally have more rushing attempts than a receiver will have receptions.
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October 2015, Gibson-Park was the last to join the Hurricanes 39-man Super Rugby squad after head coach Chris Boyd looked to fill gaps at halfback after the departure of Chris Smylie to Italy. He joined alongside fellow Taranaki halfback Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi.
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2014 NC State Athletic Hall of Fame: Jack McDowall The starting lineup was: Van Sickel (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Beck (left halfback), Yancey (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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Middlekauff entered the game with an injury, and aggravated it further. The starting lineup was: Dehoff (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirchner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Brumbaugh (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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The try was missed. The starting lineup for the Gators against South Carolina: L. Greene (left end), Phiel (left tackle), McRae (left guard), Clark (center), James (right guard), Dedge (right tackle), Vickery (right end), McEwen (quarterback), Dorsett (left halfback), Goodbread (right halfback), Silsby (fullback).
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Jim Merrin played best for the Gators. Florida's starting lineup against Georgia: Swanson (left end), Baker (left tackle), Otto (left guard), Perry (center), Hodges (right guard), Vandergrift (right tackle) Coleman (right end), B. Anderson (quarterback), Pomeroy (left halfback), C. Anderson (right halfback), Merrin (fullback).
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The Vols' Roe Campbell averaged 50 yards on 14 punts. The starting lineup was: Swanson (left end), Wuthrich (left tackle), Robinson (left guard), Wilsky (center), C. Perry (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Burnett (right end), Carlton (quarterback), Duncan (left halfback), Renfro (right halfback), Newton (fullback).
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The starting lineup was Al Clemens (left end), Bill Buckler (left tackle), Bruce Jones (left guard), Clyde Propst (center), Pete Camp (right guard), Jack Langhorne (right tackle), Tom Newton (right end), Grant Gillis (quarterback), Allen McCartee (left halfback), William Baty (right halfback), Pooley Hubert (fullback).
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Florida beat Columbia College 9-0\. Taylor kicked three field goals. The starting lineup was Buie (left end), Hancock (left tackle), Wilson (left guard), Storter (center), Aker (right guard), Coarsey (right tackle), Swanson (right end), Shackleford (quarterback), Gavis (left halfback), Taylor (right halfback), Tenney (fullback).
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Tigert converted all five PAT's in their victory. The starting lineup was B. Blake (left end), Graham (left tackle), Brown (left guard), Perry (center), Patterson (right guard), Pritchard (right tackle), G. Jones (right end), Howell (quarterback), Kyle (left halfback), Hamilton (right halfback), Tigert (fullback).
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The Buff and Blue, p. 166. The team included halfback Gilbert O. Erickson, who received first-team All-Southern honors. Other key players included halfback George Andree, fullback and team captain Horace B. Waters and quarterback Howe W. Phillips.The Buff and Blue, pp. 166-167.
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Granville is engaged to Zoe Hunt, the sister of St George Illawarra Dragons halfback Ben Hunt.
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In his final year, he was moved to halfback. He also lettered in baseball and basketball.
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Cullen's father, Wayne, started at halfback for the Souths Magpies in their 1985 BRL premiership win.
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Ralph Earhart (March 29, 1923 – May 1, 1997) was a halfback in the National Football League.
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Tommy Cronin (April 29, 1896 – April 24, 1964) was a halfback in the National Football League.
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He was also selected as an All-State halfback while playing for the Carleton football team.
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Fauver once again was elected captain, but Heisman moved him from the tackle to right halfback.
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It was Heisman's last game as Clemson head coach. The starting lineup was Waterhouse (left end), M. L. Bridges (left tackle), M. O. Bridges (left guard), Smith (center), Cragwall (right guard), Suddarth (right tackle), Spencer (right end), Smiser (quarterback), Head (left halfback), Anderson (right halfback), Minton (fullback).
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Three players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors, They were St. Mary's Gaels halfback Herman Wedemeyer (AP, UP), who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, San Francisco Dons halfback Forest Hall (AP, UP), and Nevada end Horace Gillom (UP).
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Ole Miss beat Florida with a "lucky pass." from Petty to Ap Applewhite. The starting lineup was Stanley (left end), Davis (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Sarra (center), Tucker (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Oosterhoudt (right end), Walker (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Merrin (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).
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A 20-yard drop kick was the Gators' final score. The starting lineup was: Swanson (left end), Robinson (left tackle), H. Perry (left guard), Wilsky (center), C. Perry (right guard), Scott (right tackle), Burnett (right end), Stanley (quarterback), Duncan (left halfback), Pomeroy (right halfback), Newton (fullback).
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By the end of the game his head was coated with blood. The starting lineup was: Sims (left end), Jones (left tackle), Keyes (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Bolling (right tackle), Pearce (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Seibels (right halfback), and Simkins (fullback).
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In August, Toronto announced it had signed its first Canadian player, (and Canada's captain) Sheffield Eagles halfback Rhys Jacks. Following this, young Australian halfback Blake Wallace signed for Toronto from the Illawarra Cutters. Further recruitment in the forwards was made as Wales prop Dan Fleming signed with the Wolfpack. 19-year-old halfback Reece Dean also joined the Toronto ranks from Challenge Cup winners Hull FC, identified as a player for the future by coach Rowley.
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Center Art Guse was the team captain. Halfback Dave Kribs received the team's most outstanding player award.
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Kline was a former halfback for the Illinois Fighting Illini, and had previously coached the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
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Kilgrow was a prominent halfback for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama.
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Don Barton (May 29, 1930 – July 16, 2006) was a former halfback in the National Football League.
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Myrton Nathan Basing (October 29, 1900 - April 29, 1957) was a halfback in the National Football League.
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A halfback and first five-eighth, Donovan played for the rugby union team between 1955 and 1959.
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Just two days later, Cumberland beat W. S. Borland's LSU Tigers 41-0\. The starting lineup was Ashley (left end), M. O. Bridges (left tackle), Lieper (left guard), Smith (center), Cragwall (right guard), Suddarth (right tackle), Sanders (right end), Smiser (quarterback), Head (left halfback), Anderson (right halfback), Minton (fullback).
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In college, Willaman played for Ohio State at end, halfback, and fullback. He lettered in 1911 and 1913. In 1913 he was named All-Ohio. In 1921 he was selected to the Ohio State football all-time team at second-team halfback behind Chic Harley and Pete Stinchcomb.
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Wallace Wade's undefeated national champion Alabama Crimson Tide rolled over the Gators 49-0.1926 Recap The starting lineup was Stanley (left end), Green (left tackle), Tucker (left guard), Sarra (center), Allen (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Oosterhoudt (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Livingston (right halfback), Ihrig (fullback).
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The team's key players included backs Charley Trippi (left halfback), Ernie Bonelli (right halfback), Bob Kennedy (fullback), and Frank Gnup (quarterback), and linemen Art Brandau (center), Walt Barnes, and Jack Karwales. Trippi was named as a first-team player on the Associated Press' 1944 Service All-America team.
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The season opened with a 33–2 defeat of Georgia A&M.; The starting lineup was Clemons (left end), Wuthrich (left tackle), Connell (left guard), Perry (center), Baker (right guard), Goldsby (right tackle), Thomas (right end), B. Anderson (quarterback), C. Anderson (left halfback), Sparkman (right halfback), Olson (fullback).
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After the first half ended in a 6–6 tie, the Gators opened up a passing attack in the second half "which could not be stopped." One sportswriter claimed Ark Newton threw 13 completions in a row. "Newton gave the greatest halfback exhibition this season in New Orleans." The starting lineup was: Hockinstadt (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Case (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).
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A ginger headed halfback, Neil was a regular first grade player during the late 1970 and early 1980s. He played six seasons for Western Suburbs between 1977 and 1982, and became the club halfback after Tommy Raudonikis moved to the Newtown club in 1980. He also was the first grade halfback for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters for two seasons between 1983 and 1984, and finished his career at the St. George Dragons in 1985. Neil was a reserve in the 1985 Grand Final.
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Many teams also have a halfback designated as a "goal line back" or "short yardage specialist". This halfback comes into the game in short yardage situations when the offense needs only one to five yards to get a first down. They also come into the game when the offense nears the goal-line. Normally when an offense gets inside the 5-yard line they send in their goal-line formation which usually includes eight blockers, a quarterback, a halfback, and a fullback.
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In football, Hoey did not make the team as a halfback, having the misfortune to be in the same class as College Football Hall of Famer Ron Johnson. He started only three games at halfback during his time at Michigan (and one at fullback). With Ron Johnson playing halfback, Hoey was used principally as a defensive back and punt returner. Playing against Navy in 1968, Hoey had two interceptions which he returned for 31 yards, and punt returns of 63 and 36 yards.
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Grove Park is the original home of Andre 3000, and the Cleveland Browns Pro-Bowl halfback Jamal Lewis.
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He was a prominent halfback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University from 1895 and 1898.
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Gilbert Henry Dawson (August 27, 1930 – July 30, 2005) was a former halfback in the National Football League.
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BYU's Jae Ballif also won first-team honors on the AP all-conference team as a defensive halfback.
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373 batting average as a senior in 1960. In football, he played at the halfback and end positions.
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John Theodore "Jack" McAuliffe (May 21, 1901 - December 17, 1971) was a halfback in the National Football League.
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Halfback Charles R. Meyer received second-team honors from the United Press (UP) and North American Newspaper Alliance.
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Lacey again got a 5-yard touchdown in the second half to make it 17–5. The starting lineup was Patterson (left end), Streit (left tackle), Braswell (left guard), Butler (center), Moon (right guard), Hughes (right tackle), Wilkinson (right end), Perkins (quarterback), Foy (left halfback), Reynolds (right halfback), Lacey (fullback).
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In 1961, he played right halfback, often blocking for fullback Bob Ferguson or left halfback Paul Warfield. In 1962, Snell was moved to defensive end. In 1963, Snell's senior year, he was named starting fullback. At the end of his senior season, Snell was named his team's most valuable player.
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Stanford ran only two plays before time expired and the game ended a 7–7 tie. The starting lineup was Ennis (left end), Perry (left tackle), Hagler (left guard), Pearce (center), Bowdon (right guard), Pickard (right tackle), Winslett (right end), Barnes (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Taylor (right halfback), Caldwell (fullback).
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Jones and John J. Tigert starred as the Tennessee Volunteers were beaten 40-0. The starting lineup was B. Blake (left end), Pritchard (left tackle), B. Brown (left guard), Perry (center), Patterson (right guard), Graham (right tackle), D. Blake (right end), Kyle (quarterback), Tigert (left halfback), Jones (right halfback), Hamilton (fullback).
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The 1917 Charlestown Navy Yard football team was an American football team that represented the United States Navy's Charlestown Navy Yard, also known as Boston Navy Yard, during the 1917 football season. Halfback Eddie Casey was selected as a first-team halfback on Walter Camp's 1917 All-Service football team.
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Norton played halfback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League during the 1960 and 1961 seasons.
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He played two matches as halfback. He was born in Saharanpur, India. He studied at Oak Grove School, Mussoorie.
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Jimmy Kelly (left halfback), Fitzgerald (left end), Wood (fullback), and McCoy (right tackle) appeared in the game as substitutes.
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Spillane is the grandson of 1953 Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Famer and NFL halfback Johnny Lattner.
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Suther was a prominent halfback for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama from 1928 to 1930.
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His father Jerry Aldridge played American football as a halfback. He married his wife, Allie Aldridge, on February 13th.
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He was selected by Billy Evans as the third-team halfback on his 1926 College Football All-America Team.
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Kelly Malveaux (born November 5, 1976) is a Canadian Football League halfback who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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Roberts of Maryland had a 38-yard touchdown run through tackle. The pass for extra point failed, however. The starting lineup was: Stanley (left end), Clemons (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Bryan (right tackle), Van Sickel (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Brumbaugh (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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Chaplin contributed a field goal. Newton had five extra points; Brown two, and Brumby one. The starting lineup for the Gators against Rollins: Todd (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Davis (right tackle), Oosterhoudt (right end), Murphree (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).
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Georgia crushed the Gators 32-9\. The weather was too warm, and the game suffered from several penalties. The starting lineup was Oosterhoudt (left end), Clemons (left tackle), Ripley (left guard), Sarra (center), Tucker (right guard), Chaplin (right tackle), Trogden (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Larson (right halfback), Davis (fullback).
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Michigan's lineup against Case was Rogers (left end), Edmunds (left tackle), Benbrook (left guard), Watkins (center), Smith (right guard), Wells (right tackle), Borleske (right end), Wasmund (quarterback), Bertrand and Magidsohn (left halfback), Allerdice (right halfback), and Lawton (fullback). The game was played in 20-minute halves. The referee was Eldridge of Michigan.
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At the end of the 1994 season after playing in just 13 games for the Panthers (mostly at fullback as the club had signed New Zealand test halfback Gary Freeman from Easts), Alexander, seeking a change and to just get away from Sydney following the death of his brother Ben in 1992, joined the Auckland Warriors, one of four new teams introduced for the 1995 season. He spent most of the first half of his first season for the Warriors at halfback, and began to recapture some of his previous form. In the latter half of the season he moved between fullback, halfback and five-eighth due to the depth the Warriors had in the halves - with Gene Ngamu, Stacey Jones, Phil Blake and Frano Botica all spending some time at halfback or five-eighth. In his second season with the club, he was awarded the captaincy after Dean Bell retired, and again began the season at halfback.
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George Aitchison (19 October 1864 - 25 January 1895) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a halfback.
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Gentry was named captain of the all- conference team. Halfback Jack Morrissey and guard Luksich were placed on the team.
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Fullback Lisle Johnston, quarterback John McGovern, halfback Reuben Rosenwald and tackle James Walker were named All-Big Ten first team.
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Halfback Jim Mooty was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1959 All- America Team.
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The Commercial Appeal complimented the play of Ole Miss halfback Pete Shields. By Walton and Rube Barker were All-Southern.
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Hunt in action against for the Broncos Prior to the 2006 National Rugby League season, Wayne Bennett, backed by former Broncos halfback Allan Langer, groomed Hunt as a key play-maker, able to steer the play from the halfback position, with the intention of taking pressure off Darren Lockyer and then-halfback, Brett Seymour. In a trial match against the North Queensland Cowboys, Hunt played in the halfback position but he returned to fullback for the opening NRL game. Hunt scored two tries against the Canberra Raiders in Round 8 of the competition, following this performance with another two tries against Manly in Round 10. Hunt sustained a foot injury in the Broncos Round 15 match and was sidelined for eight weeks.
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Timberlake was born in Middletown, Ohio, but he was raised in Franklin, Ohio and played football for the Franklin Wildcats. He was originally recruited as a halfback and played more than any other Michigan player at halfback in 1962. However, he was later switched to the quarterback position and had his greatest success there.
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Despite several fumbles, Auburn beat the Mississippi Aggies 19-0\. One touchdown came on a delayed pass of 35 yards. The starting lineup was Steed (left end), Culpepper (left tackle), Sample (left guard), Pitts (center), Taylor (right guard), Louiselle (right tackle), Robinson (right end), Arnold (quarterback), Hairston (left halfback), Hart (right halfback), Harris (fullback).
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After the half, Kilpatrick scored on a 2-yard run. The last touchdown was a 35-yard run from Smith. The starting lineup was Powers (left end), Martin (left tackle), Crutchfield (left guard), Brown (center), Sewell (right guard), Langhorst (right tackle), Simmons (right end), O'Connor (quarterback), Dye (left halfback), Edgerton (right halfback), Burke (fullback).
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The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against LSU to 7–3–1. The starting lineup was Hulet Whitaker (left end), Jack Langhorne (left tackle), Bruce Jones (left guard), Clyde Propst (center), Pete Camp (right guard), Tom Newton (right end), Grant Gillis (quarterback), Allen McCartee (left halfback), William Baty (right halfback), Pooley Hubert (fullback).
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The starting lineup was Hargrove Van de Graaff (left end), James Gibbons (left tackle), C. M. Hamilton (left guard), C. D. Riddle (center), Julius W. Hicks (right guard), T. D. Boman (right tackle), Raymond Jones (right end), Charlie Joplin (quarterback), J. H. G. Riley (left halfback), Holt Andrews McDowell (right halfback), Everett Wilkinson (fullback).
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Sewanee was awarded fifteen yards and the free kick. The star for the Tar Heels that day was Herman Koehler. The starting lineup was: Simkins (left end), Jones (left tackle), Keyes (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Bolling (right tackle), Black (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Seibels (right halfback), and Hull (fullback).
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The 1921 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their second season under head coach Roy W. Johnson, the Lobos compiled a 2–2 record. Tackle Frank O. Greenleaf was the team captain. Other starting players on the team included Ogle Jones (halfback/quarterback), Walter Hernandez (fullback), Thomas Calkins (quarterback/halfback), Vernon Wilfley (halfback), George White (end), Clifford Bernhardt (end), John Richard Popejoy (tackle), Max Ferguson (tackle/guard), Ralph Hernandez (guard), Kenneth Greuter (guard), and Cullen Pearce (center).
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Bartlett was a prominent halfback and quarterback for Xen C. Scott's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams of the University of Alabama.
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His father Walter V., played for the Cleveland Rams in the National Football League as a 5-8 halfback in 1938.
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Halfback Bill Devine and linebacker Orv Schneider were the team captains. Split Marty Barski received the team's most outstanding player award.
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Claudis Ray James (November 7, 1943 – February 25, 2013) was a wide receiver and halfback in the National Football League (NFL).
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"Hockey at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Hockey," Sports-Reference.com/Olympics, www.sports-reference.com/ He played all three matches as halfback.
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William Vance Martin (June 6, 1938 - November 8, 1976) is a former professional American football halfback in the National Football League.
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He played all five matches as halfback. The British team lost to India, the country where Lindsay had learned the game.
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Adolph Kissell (September 11, 1920 – August 7, 1983) was an American football halfback. He played for the Chicago Bears in 1942.
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Aubrey Fowler (June 12, 1920 – February 29, 1996) was an American football halfback. He played for the Baltimore Colts in 1948.
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Owen Goodnight (August 27, 1917 – May 13, 1967) was an American football halfback. He played for the Cleveland Rams in 1941.
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Alfred Herman Arndt (born July 15, 1911) is a former professional American football guard and halfback in the National Football League.
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However, Middle Tennessee out-passed Lamar by 6 yards. Lamar Tech halfback Ralph Stone was named the game's most valuable player.
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Cumberland suffered the season's only loss to the Sewanee Tigers. Henry D. Phillips plowed through the line for the deciding score. The starting lineup was Waterhouse (left end), M. L. Bridges (left tackle), James (left guard), Smith (center), Cragwall (right guard), Suddarth (right tackle), Spencer (right end), Smiser (quarterback), Head (left halfback), Anderson (right halfback), Minton (fullback).
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The upset of the week was VPI's 16–6 win over Army. Carpenter was the star of the game, and made a kick from placement. VPI's starting lineup was: Webber (left end), Willson (left tackle), Diffendal (left guard), Stiles (center), Strickling (right guard), Hines (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Nutter (quarterback), Treadwell (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).
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David Lane "Buddy" Tynes (February 26, 1902November 28, 1984) was an American football player. He played college football for Texas and two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a fullback and halfback for the Columbus Tigers in 1924 and 1925. He was selected as a second-team halfback on the 1925 All-Pro Team.
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The Spring Hill Badgers, coached by Auburn great Moon Ducote, fell to Auburn 10-0\. A slippery field led to weak punting. The starting lineup was Ollinger (left end), H. Bonner (left tackle), Griffin (left guard), Snider (center), Rogers (right guard), Martin (right tackle), Pruitt (right end), Trapp (quarterback), Shirey (left halfback), Stubbs (right halfback), Shirling (fullback).
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Sources: In dreary weather, Auburn beat the Vanderbilt Commodores 6-0\. In less than eight minutes of play, Red Harris made the decisive touchdown. The starting lineup was Kearley (left end), Steed (left tacle), Taylor (left guard), Pitts (center), Thigpen (right guard), Louiselle (right tackle), Robinson (end), Hairston (quarterback), Prendergast (left halfback), Hart (right halfback), Harris (fullback).
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Sources: Donahue's Auburn team beat first year head coach John Heisman's Georgia Tech 12–0, making two touchdowns in the first half. The starting lineup was Wilkinson (left end), Street (left tackle), Braswell (left guard), Butler (center), Moon (right guard), Jones (right tackle), Patterson (right end), Perkins (quarterback), Reynolds (left halfback), Foy (right halfback), Lacey (fullback).
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Sidney "Sunshine" Gepford (December 15, 1895 – September 9, 1924) was an American football halfback who played one season in the American Professional Football Association with the Decatur Staleys. He first enrolled at Millikin University before attending Bethany College. He attended Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur, Illinois. With the Millikin Big Blue, Gepford played halfback and quarterback.
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2016 Fact Book, p. 185. Halfback Al Elliott was selected as a second-team All-American by Norman E. Brown of the Central Press. Four Wisconsin players received first-team All-Big Ten honors: Al Elliott, end Stevens Gould, center George Bunge, and halfback Rollie Williams. The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium.
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Tommy Owens also had a touchdown. Auburn coach Dave Morey resigned. The Gators' freshmen team also beat Auburn's freshmen team that week. The starting lineup was: Hodges (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Brumbaugh (quarterback), Bowyer (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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In the fourth quarter, Tiny Hewitt broke through the line for a 35-yard run, leading to the final score by quarterback George Smythe. The starting lineup was: Lightsey (left end), Williams (left tackle), Goldstein (left guard), Cornwall (center), Norton (right guard), Robinson (right tackle), Merrin (right end), Newton (quarterback), Middlekauff (left halfback), Case (right halfback), Jones (fullback).
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Seventeen players received the school's football insignia for their roles on the 1913 team: Fred Quesenberry (left end); Joe Quesenberry (left tackle and captain); Mitchell (left guard); Gardner (center); Isaacs (right guard); Powers (right tackle); Hamilton (right end); Lane (L.Q.); Tuttle (R.Q.); Holt (left halfback); Brainard (right halfback); and substitutes Maynard, Rea, Roberts, Frenger, Wooten, and Sessoms.
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From that game forward, Davis was the starting fullback. When halfback Willie Parker went down with an injury in Week 16, Davis shared some snaps at halfback with Najeh Davenport. He finished the season having played in 16 games and rushing 17 times for 68 yards. In 2007, he led the team in special team tackles with 17.
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Horween played left halfback, right halfback, fullback, and center for the Harvard Crimson, and was a First-Team All-American, from 1919 to 1920. In both 1919 and 1920 Harvard was undefeated (9–0–1 and 8–0–1, respectively). In 1919, Donald Grant Herring ranked him the Second-Team fullback on the Princeton-Yale-Harvard composite team.
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Thomas James "Tommy" Bell (born July 10, 1932) was an American football player. Bell played college football at the halfback position for the Army Cadets football team. He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America and the International News Service as a first-team halfback on their respective 1954 College Football All-America Teams.
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Heisman said his opponents played the best football he had seen a Florida squad play. The independent 1914 team was captained by halfback Wooch Fielder and went 6–2. The team beat Mercer 105–0 and the next week had a 13–0 upset loss to Alabama. End Jim Senter and halfback J. S. Patton were selected All-Southern.
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South Dakota State won the inaugural NCIC championship. Key players included O. Owens, an African-American halfback, Frank Coffey at center, Earl and Frank Welch in the backfield, Schutte at fullback, Bob Coffey at halfback, Backman at guard. Owens scored four touchdowns in the opening game of the season on runs of 60, 47, 35, and 25 yards.
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BOBBY BURNETT, halfback, Buffalo Bills (UPI, TSN) Arkansas' Bobby Burnett had a combined total of 1,185 yards rushing and receiving at the halfback position, with over 12 yards per catch and 4 touchdowns on 34 receptions, and 766 yards on 187 rushes, with 4 rushing touchdowns. He was also selected to the 1966 AFL All-Star team.
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Sources: On a muddy field, the Detroit Titans beat Tulane 7–0. Detroit opened up with passes early, leading to Lauer's off tackle touchdown. The starting lineup was Smith (left end), Payne (left tackle), Unsworth (left guard), Reed (center), Palermo (right guard), Fitz (right tackle), Wight (right end), Richeson (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Dwyer (right halfback), Beaullieu (fullback).
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Charles Baskerville was umpire. The starting lineup was Tate (left end), Shull (left tackle), Miller (left guard), Cunningham (center), Cromartie (right guard), Bennett (Right tackle), Klotz (right end), Rogers (quarterback), Howell (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), Graves (fullback). In the second week of play, the Tar Heels defeated the in-state rival North Carolina A&M; 34–0.
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He played at the halfback position at the University of Florida and set the Florida Gators football single-game record with 218 rushing yards against the University of Chicago in 1930. His single- game rushing record stood until 1987. He was also selected as a second-team halfback on the 1930 College Football All-America Team.
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In 1993, Martin returned to Newcastle, but was unable to cement his spot as the starting halfback, playing just 14 games. In 1994, he played just two games being stuck behind Newcastle's young star halfback Andrew Johns. His last match for the club was a loss to the Cronulla Sharks in the reserve grade Grand Final.
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Stinchcomb was a native of Sycamore, Ohio. He played high school football for Fostoria High School in Fostoria, Ohio, and was named an All-Ohio halfback while playing on an undefeated football team. Stinchcomb enrolled at Ohio State University in 1916. He played for the Buckeyes as a quarterback and halfback in 1917, 1919 and 1920.
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Dick Romney, who had been a football star at Utah, played halfback for the Camp Lewis team, scoring the team's only touchdown.
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Kelemedi Bola (born July 7, 1981 in Suva, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He played halfback for the Fiji Barbarians.
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He was a prominent end and halfback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams. Bill also lettered for the Vanderbilt basketball team.
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Filling in for the injured Billy Smith, at halfback, fellow Queenslander Peter Gallagher led a depleted Australian team to an upset victory.
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Senior halfback Tony Dorsett rushed for 1,948 yards in the regular season, and became the first Panther to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Toledo game program, 1955, p. 6. Tackle Richard Quadri and halfback Francis O'Connor were the team co-captains.Detroit v. Toledo, p. 8.
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John Howell, 1937, Nebraska quarterback John Searl Howell (December 4, 1915 - June 28, 1946) was a halfback in the National Football League.
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Junior halfback Ernie Davis continued to garner national attention, earning consensus All-American honors while rushing for 877 yards and 8 touchdowns.
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William Walter "Walt" Veach was an American football Halfback who played one season for the Decatur Staleys of the National Football League.
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Cletus Fischer (June 11, 1925 – December 3, 2000) was an American football halfback. He played for the New York Giants in 1949.
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Ross spent two years in the CFL With the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes as a backup halfback and special teamer.
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Thomas “Tommy” Murray was a Scottish-American football (soccer) right halfback who played the first two U.S. national team games in 1916.
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Charley Gleason was the star Halfback, who also previously played on the 1889 Georgetown football team. Captain Alva C. Smith played Quarterback.
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Quarterback Dick Cook and left halfback Van Martin were named to the second team. Other key players included Webb Burke at center.
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In the fourth quarter, Northwestern halfback Ed Tunnicliff took a direct snap from center and ran 42 yards for the winning touchdown.
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Right halfback Albert E. Herrnstein was Michigan's leading scorer with 135 points on 27 touchdowns (valued at five points under 1902 rules).
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Now that most offensive formations have only one or two running backs, the original designations do not mean as much, as the fullback is now usually a lead blocker (technically a halfback), while the halfback or tailback (called such because he stands at the "tail" of the I) lines up behind the fullback. There has also been a shift in most offense's dependence on halfbacks, as the quarterback is now generally considered the most essential part of a team. However, the average output of the halfback has not changed. In the related sport of Canadian football, halfback is usually a defensive rather than offensive position since the 1980s, though used to also refer to an offensive position similar to a slotback that could line up off the tight end or behind the quarterback.
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Auburn returned another powerful team minus Kirk Newell. "Bull" Kearley was shifted from halfback to end to add speed to the defensive line.
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The team captains were left end Sam Andrews and halfback Albert Sanserino. All home games were played at Goodwin Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
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In addition, Tom Smith (right guard) and Bob Koch (right halfback) were named to the 1942 All-Navy Preflight Cadet All-America team.
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While at UPA, he played 3 years of varsity football and was named an All-American halfback in 1912 by The Philadelphia Press.
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In 1922, Nevers enrolled at Stanford University. He played for the freshman football team at fullback and halfback in the fall of 1922.
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J.D. Garrett (November 28, 1941 – July 4, 2012) was an American football halfback. He played for the Boston Patriots from 1964 to 1967.
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As a rookie he saw most of his playing time at fullback, running for 205 yards on 33 carries, with a 6.2-yard average and a 53-yard run against the Houston Oilers, which was the team's longest of the year. In 1975, he competed with Doug Dennison for the starting halfback job left vacated by Calvin Hill. He ended up in a reserve role, moving from halfback to fullback during the first half of the season. He experienced foot problems, but was able to focus on the halfback position at the end of the year.
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After playing halfback on both offense and defense at the University of Kansas as a sophomore, Hadl played quarterback for his last two years, and was selected as the school's Player of the Century. He was an All- American at halfback in 1960 and at quarterback in 1961. Hadl was the first Kansas player to be picked twice for All-America (1960 and 1961) honors for his skills as a quarterback and halfback. Hadl also excelled as a defensive back, punt returner, and punter; he led the country with a 45.6-yard punting average in 1959.
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Steuber grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and attended the city's Christian Brothers College High School, where he starred as a halfback on the school's football team. He attended the University of Missouri and played as an end on the Missouri Tigers football team under head coach Don Faurot starting in 1940. In 1941, he shifted to halfback and was assigned to kick extra points. He was third in the country in rushing that year with 855 yards as he and fellow halfback Harry Ice led a Missouri ground attack that ranked first in the nation.
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He also started the 1921 game against Case (a 64–0 victory) at left halfback. He did not appear in Michigan's mid-season games against Illinois or Ohio State. He appeared in the 1921 Wisconsin game (a 7–7 tie) as a substitute at right halfback. He appeared in the 1921 game against Minnesota (a 38–0 victory) as a substitute for Uteritz.
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In the game against coach Harris Cope's Howard Bulldogs in Gainesville, Florida seemed to find its stride within the coaches' new system, winning 57–0. Coleman broke his collarbone. The starting lineup was: Coleman (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Pomeroy (quarterback), Case (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).
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The Mercer Bears surprised and beat Florida in a close loss, 7-3. Florida's Bishop made a 30-yard field goal. The game's umpire was Buck Flowers. The starting lineup was Oosterhoudt (left end), Davis (left tackle), J. Stewart (left guard), Sarra (center), Tucker (right guard), Clemmons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Beck (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).
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The tie brought Alabama's all-time record against Georgia Tech to 2–7–2. The starting lineup was Al Clemens (left end), Bill Buckler (left tackle), Bruce Jones (left guard), Clyde Propst (center), Pete Camp (right guard), Ben E. Compton (right tackle), Hulet Whitaker (right end), Grant Gillis (quarterback), Red Barnes (left halfback), William Baty (right halfback), Pooley Hubert (fullback).
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Cowan's football team lost only twice in four years at North Side. The team went unbeaten in his senior year, and Cowan broke a state high school scoring record with 155 points playing as a right halfback. Cowan attended Indiana University starting in 1941. He became the football team's starting right halfback in the middle of the following year, his sophomore season.
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VAMC played their third game of the season on October 26, 1895 against Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA with 500 in attendance. VAMC halfback A. P. Eskridge recorded a forty five-yard run and a touchdown, and halfback J. Lewis Ingles had an eighty five-yard touchdown run. The other touchdowns were scored by Miles Hart (2) and William Mayer.
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The 1992 season's Rothmans Medallist was the Brisbane Broncos' halfback and captain, Allan Langer. The Dally M Award went to Eastern Suburbs' halfback, Gary Freeman, while Western Suburbs forward Paul Langmack was named Rugby League Week's player of the year. The 1992 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Wally Lewis.
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Bishop was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers after the 1958 NFL Draft. He was tried at split end and as a halfback, catching only 3 passes in his rookie season. In his second year, he was used at defensive halfback and punt returner, but was released after 2 games on October 12, because of poor performances.
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Hansard was a halfback and five-eighth with the Newtown club and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the 1970s. He played halfback for the Sharks in the 1978 Grand Final & 1978 Grand Final replay. A whole-hearted player, Steve Hansard retired from first grade football at the conclusion of the 1981 NSWRFL season.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players.
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Five Yale players were selected by Caspar Whitney to the 1891 All-America college football team: halfback and team captain Lee McClung; ends Frank Hinkey and John A. Hartwell; tackle Wallace Winter; and guard Pudge Heffelfinger. Camp also selected the following Yale players to his second team: quarterback Frank Barbour; halfback Laurie Bliss; guard Samuel Morison; and center George Sanford.
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Earl Ohlgren, Milwaukee (end) Alec Shellogg, Buffalo (tackle) Ted Livinston, Columbus (guard) Paul Humphrey, Milwaukee (center) Tex Akin, Milwaukee (guard) Bob Eckl, Milwaukee (tackle) Joe Kruse, Cincinnati (end) Bob Davis, Columbus (quarterback) Charlie Armstrong, New York (halfback) Bill McGannon, Cincinnati (halfback) John Kimbrough, New York (fullback) Columbus was league champion again in 1941, with a final record of 5-1-2.
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The 1941 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Rockets compiled a 7–4 record. The team's backfield included two African-Americans, right halfback Robert Nash and left halfback Dick Huston.
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The oldest, S. Johnson Poe, played halfback and also played on Princeton's national champion lacrosse team. The second son, Edgar A. Poe, was captain of the football team, and later served as Attorney General of Maryland, like his father. The fourth son, Neilson Poe, also played halfback. Fifth son, Arthur Poe, was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
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Often playing five-eighth with Kolc at halfback, Reynolds rendered valuable service to the Eels as they struggled in 1973 and 1974, but back at halfback became renowned for working many tryscoring moves down the blindside with lock Quayle as the Eels began their sudden rise to prominence in 1975. Persistent injuries caused him to retire before the 1976 season began.
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Bill Bredde (December 31, 1932 – September 16, 2006) was an American football defensive back and halfback. He played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1954.
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The star halfback declared he was hopeful of a return to the Eels and would take a $250,000 pay cut to make it happen.
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After a mixture of promising football and injury woes as the Brisbane Broncos' new halfback, Seymour departed the club in 2007 over disciplinary issues.
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Noblet attended Michigan State University–then known as Michigan Agricultural College, where he starred as a halfback and quarterback on the school's football team.
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Bill Putich was an American football player who played quarterback and halfback for the University of Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1949 to 1951.
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Thomas George Barnett (born July 11, 1937 in Alliance, Ohio) is a former professional American football halfback & defensive back in the National Football League.
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Lei dated Byron Kelleher, a New Zealand rugby union halfback, from 2005 to 2006. She lived with him in New Zealand until June 2006.
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In 2003, Green joined the Parramatta Eels. After starting the first 7 games at halfback, Green suffered a fractured cheekbone which ended his season.
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Bob McRoberts was a former halfback in the National Football League. He was a member of the Boston Yanks during the 1944 NFL season.
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Robert Hoppe (November 13, 1934 – April 7, 2008) was an American football halfback who played on the 1957 National Championship team at Auburn University.
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Harry Ellinger received third-team honors from Davis J. Walsh. Halfback Harry Wilson was selected as a third-team player by All-Sports Magazine.
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Another reason is that the passing ability of most running backs is usually poor in relation to the passing ability of a quarterback. However, certain teams and players do successfully run the option one to a few times a season; used sparingly it can be effective to make a game-changing play. In modern professional football history a halfback has only thrown more than one touchdown in two games: utility player Gene Mingo of the Denver Broncos threw two touchdowns as a halfback in an American Football League game against the Buffalo Bills in 1961; and running back Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears threw two touchdowns in a 1983 NFL game against the New Orleans Saints. The halfback option play is an integral part of the wildcat offense, which involves the halfback receiving a direct snap.
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Team awards were presented to halfback Bobby Mulgado (Sun Angel Award) and center Dave Fonner (Cecil Abonor Captains Award).2006 Media Guide, pp. 164-165.
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Maryland State halfback Sylvester Polk who led the nation with 129 points scored. Other key players included T-slotter Calvin Martin and guard Donald Thomas.
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Johnny McLachlan was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played in the NSWRFL premiership for North Sydney as a halfback.
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Twelve years later he was eliminated with the Danish team in the first round of the 1948 Olympic tournament. He played one match as halfback.
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Halfback Elmer Oliphant was a consensus first-team player on the All- America team and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Tech opened the season at Miles Field with a 30–0 win over Belmont Athletic Club, an organization in Roanoke, Virginia. Tech completed 9 of 16 forward passes for 157 yards. Tech's starting lineup against Belmont: Roden (left end), Hardwick (left tackle), Camper (left guard), Copenhaver (center), Quarles (right guard), Hitchens (right tackle), Huddle (right end), Siegel (quarterback), McCann (left halfback), Bock (right halfback), Conners (fullback).
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Cumberland upset the Vanderbilt Commodores 6-0\. Four minutes after the game started, Waterhouse had the decisive touchdown. M. O. Bridges had his right collarbone broken. The starting lineup was Waterhouse (left end), M. L. Bridges (left tackle), James (left guard), Smith (center), Cragwall (right guard), Suddarth (right tackle), Spencer (right end), Smiser (quarterback), Head (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), M. O. Bridges (fullback).
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Five of the team's players were honored on the 1958 All-Border Conference football team: Hart; Oates; guard Joe Biggs, halfback Dewey Bohling, and tackle Ted Edmondson.2007 Cowboy Football Media Guide, p. 65. Five Hardin-Simmons players were named to the 1958 All-Border Conference football team: guard Joe Biggs; halfback Dewey Bohling; tackle Ted Edmondson; fullback Pete Hart; and end Sammy Oates.
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Sources: Hodgson starred in a closely contested game between VPI and the Tar Heels, making a field goal in the second half to lead VPI to a 15–0 win. VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Gibbs (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), A. Hodgson (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).
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Sources: VPI won over the defending Southern champion George Washington Hatchetites in Washington, D. C. 17-8\. Hodgson's punting again featured. The weather was much better than last year. VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), E. Hodgson (left guard), Gibbs (center), Jones (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).
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With a large crowd at home on Cheek Field, the Colonels beat rival Kentucky, 56–0, giving the Wildcats their worst loss on the season. Roberts had three touchdowns. The starting lineup was Bell (left end), Montgomery (left tackle), Van Antwerp (left guard), Weaver (center), Cregor (right guard), James (right tackle), Snoddy (right end), McMillin (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Armstrong (right halfback), Roberts (fullback).
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He started at wing, centre, five eighth and halfback during the year, playing in nineteen of the club's matches. During the 1996 season Horan was only able to play one match, starting at centre, although he played in nine matches in 1997. The club folded at the end of the year. He joined the Illawarra Steelers in 1998 and played in three matches as a halfback.
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In the last half, the Gators made 17 first downs to Kentucky's 11. Goof Bowyer scored a touchdown and drop kicked two extra points to seal the first victory over the Wildcats. The starting lineup was: DeHoff (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Reeves (left guard), Kirschner (center), Allen (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Beck (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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Before a crowd of some 12,000 in Jacksonville, Florida beat coach Pat Herron's Washington & Lee Generals 20–7. Dale Van Sickel scored Florida's three touchdowns. The Gators 75-piece band made the trip. The starting lineup was: VanSickel (left end), Dehoff (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Brumbaugh (right halfback), Cawthon (fullback).
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After the game, acting under orders of Governor Graves, law enforcement officers seized and destroyed some 75 pints of liquor which had been brought to the contest. The starting lineup for the Gators against Harvard: Green (left end), Waters (left tackle), McRae (left guard), Haines (center), Houser (right guard), Dedge (right tackle), Hall (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Bethea (left halfback), Goodbread (right halfback), Cawthon (fullback).
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Upon return from the Texas game the Gators got some time off practice to attend the circus in town. Mostly reserves defeated the Florida Southern Moccasins 27–0. The starting lineup for the Gators against Southern: Lightsey (left end), Williams (left tackle), Peter (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Davis (right tackle), Merrin (right end), Murphee (quarterback), Pittman (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).
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He was reportedly selected as an All- Southwestern halfback for three consecutive years. In 1919, one sports writer noted that Courtright was "considered the best halfback ever developed at Oklahoma." Courtright was also a pitcher for Oklahoma's baseball team. He once pitched a no-hitter against Missouri, and on another occasion he pitched 20 innings in a 1–1 game against Oklahoma A&M.
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Four others were designated for the first team by six selectors: Cleveland Rams fullback Johnny Drake; Green Bay Packers end Don Hutson; Brooklyn Dodgers end Perry Schwartz; and New York Giants center Mel Hein. Another four players were selected by five of seven selectors: Detroit Lions halfback Byron White; Washington Redskins halfback Sammy Baugh; Chicago Bears tackle Joe Stydahar; and New York Giants center Mel Hein.
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The Heralds' starting lineup against Columbus was Fitzgerald (left end), Hugh Lowery (left tackle), Moose Gardner (left guard), Gil Runkel (center), Charlie Guy (right guard), Steamer Horning (right tackle), Ray Whipple (right end), Bill Joyce (quarterback), Bo Hanley (left halfback), Jimmy Kelly (right halfback), and Pat Dunne (fullback). Perce Wilson (quarterback), Birtie Maher (left end) and Ty Krentler (fullback) appeared in the game as substitutes.
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Against Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee, Alabama lost 44–0 on The Quad in Tuscaloosa. The starting lineup was: W. S. Sherrill (left end), John Roberts Peavy (left tackle), W. C. Oates (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Guy Redden (right guard), Aubrey Boyles (right tackle), R. L. Lodge (right end), W. S. Wyatt (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), Truman Smith (right halfback), W. McMahon (fullback).
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Alabama was no match for Vanderbilt, losing 34–0. Honus Craig was the star of the game.1905 season recap Quarterback Frank Kyle was severely injured, knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital. The starting lineup was Lanier (left end), Neb (left tackle), McDaniel (left guard), Moody (center), Sims (right guard), Sartain (right tackle), Patton (right end), Smith (quarterback), Burks (left halfback), Ware (right halfback), Peavy (fullback).
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A south coast junior, Hill was a halfback for St. George for three seasons between 1948-1950. He won a premiership with St George, playing halfback in the 1949 Grand Final victory over South Sydney. In 1951, Hill returned to Thirroul, and was selected for NSW Country in 1952 and 1953, captaining that representative side in 1952.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players.
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Quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, left halfback Jim Crowley, right halfback Don Miller, and fullback Elmer Layden had run rampant through Irish opponents' defenses since coach Knute Rockne devised the lineup in 1922 during their sophomore season. During the three-year tenure of the Four Horsemen, Notre Dame lost only two games; one each in 1922 and 1923, both to Nebraska in Lincoln before packed houses.
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Fielding H. Yost and Ritchie, 1936 Ritchie enrolled at the University of Michigan and played on the freshman football team in 1934. He played halfback for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1935 to 1937. He suffered a leg injury at the start of the 1935 season that limited his playing time. Ritchie took over as the Wolverines' number one halfback during the 1936 season.
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Robert P. Nork (1906 – May 11, 1983) was an American football and basketball player. Nork was raised in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. He attended Georgetown University, where he was a star in both football and basketball. He played halfback for the football team and was selected by Charles E. Parker of the New York Evening Telegram as a third-team halfback on the 1927 All-America team.
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Grisham attended Olney High School, where he played quarterback, End, halfback and fullback. As a junior in 1959, he played halfback, helping the team reach the Texas Class 2A semifinal. As a senior in 1960, he was named the starter at fullback after Harold Phillip graduated. He led his team to a second straight semifinal appearance, while scoring 21 touchdowns and earning All-state honors.
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Sources: Sewanee next defeated Southwestern Presbyterian 54–0. The Sewanee Purple wrote: "Never before in the history of football at Sewanee have we piled up such a score against an opponent." The starting lineup was: Sims (left end), Jones (left tackle), Keyes (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Bolling (right tackle), Pearce (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Gray (left halfback), Seibels (right halfback), and Simkins (fullback).
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William Harold Lund ( - ) was a professional American football halfback who played two seasons for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Lund grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and went to the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a star on his college football, basketball and track teams. He was a triple threat man in football, playing halfback and fullback.
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The 1943 Fort Riley Centaurs football team represented the Cavalry Replacement Training Center at Fort Riley, a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, as an independent during the 1943 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 226 to 92. Fran Welch was the team's head coach. Players included Reino Nori (quarterback, Chicago Bears), Bernie Ruman (halfback, Arizona), Bob Ruman (quarterback/halfback), Keith Caywood, Bennie Sheridan, Corwin Clatt (fullback), Leonard Klusman, Daniel Carmichael, Bobby Ford (halfback, Mississippi State), Paul Duhart, Clifton Patton (guard), Sam Goldman, Bob Balaban (end), and George Wendall.
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Following Matt Orford's departure before the start of the 2010 Season, Foran started at halfback in Manly's round 1 22–26 loss to the Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium. The following week, Foran played at five- eighth in Manly's 20–24 loss at Parramatta Stadium. After a strong start to the 2010 NRL season for the Sea Eagles, Foran was rewarded with selection at halfback for New Zealand in the 2010 Anzac Test, which was played at Melbourne's new AAMI Park. Despite the 8–12 loss, Foran produced a strong performance and was being heavily considered as New Zealand's halfback for the 2010 Four Nations.
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Johnson was selected by the Chicago Bears in the third round (32nd overall) of the 1959 NFL Draft. He appeared in 7 games as a halfback.
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On returning to Melbourne in 1919 Warne-Smith joined the Melbourne Football Club, in the VFL and played eight games at centre halfback in that season.
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Des Bryan was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Balmain and South Sydney as a halfback.
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Penn halfback Harry Thayer was selected by both Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1892 College Football All-America Team.
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A tireless runner, Giacomo Mari was a classic halfback, waiting in the folds of midfield ready to halt the attack of the opposing forwards and wings.
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Tackle Frank Villa and halfback Hazen Pingree Jr. (whose father Hazen S. Pingree was elected Governor of Michigan during the football season) scored seven touchdowns each.
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Scott was born in Nelson in 1991, the son of former All Blacks halfback Stephen Scott, and was educated at Nelson College from 2002 to 2009.
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Don Griffin (born Donald Dean Griffin) was a professional American football halfback. He was a member of the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference.
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As the Christchurch rugby club celebrated their 150th jubilee in 2013, the club released an all-time XV. Harvey made the fantasy side as the Halfback.
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Pele Cowley (born 16 April 1993) is a Samoan international rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup.
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Al Barnes was a college football player, a triple threat halfback for the VMI Keydets, selected All-Southern in 1927. He played quarterback on the McKeesport Olympics.
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At the end of the season Bowen was selected at halfback for the Junior Kangaroos, alongside future Cowboys team mates Dallas Johnson, Micheal Luck and Brent Tate.
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Sheeketski attended prep school in Shadyside, Ohio. He played halfback at the University of Notre Dame from 1930 to 1932 and graduated from the university in 1933.
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Feagin was a prominent halfback for John Heisman's Auburn Tigers football teams of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. At Auburn he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
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McManaway was quarterback and Speedy Speer halfback on the 1920 team which suffered its only loss to SIAA champion Georgia. McManaway was elected captain at year's end.
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Navy's only loss was in early November at Duke; the Blue Devils went on to win the Cotton Bowl. Senior halfback Joe Bellino won the Heisman Trophy.
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John Edmund Bentley (1847-12 December 1913) was an English sportsman who played in the first international rugby football match in 1871, representing England as a halfback.
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Of the 11 points amassed by the football team, ten were scored by halfback Clare, while fullback Regan completed one extra point in the contest against Bradford.
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Paul William Miller (January 23, 1913 – June 2, 1992) was a halfback in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers for three seasons.
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As a player at Millikin University, Shroyer was all- conference halfback in football for three consecutive years and all-conference champion in track in the broad jump.
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George "Wildcat" Wilson (September 6, 1901 – December 27, 1963) was an American football player, earning All-American honors as a halfback for the University of Washington Huskies.
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Joseph Robert Rapp (February 18, 1898 – February 1, 1968) was an American football player. He played at the halfback and quarterback positions in the National Football League (NFL) for the Columbus Panhandles (1922), Columbus Tigers (1923–1926), and Buffalo Bisons (1929). He appeared in 43 NFL games, 35 as a starter. He was selected by the Canton Daily News as a first-team halfback on the 1923 All-Pro Team.
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Morse also gained fame as the model for a famous drawing by Charles Dana Gibson titled "The Halfback." In the 1890s, Gibson asked the handsome blond Morse to pose for him. The resulting portrait, titled "The Halfback," gained tremendous popularity and prints of the portrait were reportedly "hung in most college rooms throughout the country in those days." Morse graduated from Princeton in June 1895 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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VPI opened its season with the Clemson Tigers, winning 6–0. "Hughes, playing quarter for the first time, starred for V. P. I." Hughes got the touchdown when he picked up a fumble. VPI's starting lineup was: Sharpe (left end), Jones (left tackle), E. Hodgson (left guard), Gibbs (center), Burrass (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Luttrell (right halfback), Leggs (fullback).
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Earl Blair (January 10, 1934 – December 25, 2004) was an American football player. Blair was an All-Big-8 performer at Pascagoula High School as a halfback in Pascagoula, MS his senior year, 1951. He signed a scholarship with the University of Mississippi and lettered four years as a halfback and lettered three years for the track team.(broken google books link) He played in the 1952 Sugar Bowl (Ga.
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Joseph Howard Berry Jr. (December 31, 1894 – April 29, 1976) was a professional baseball second baseman and pinch runner, and an All-American football halfback. Berry was an All-American halfback for the University of Pennsylvania in 1916 and 1917. He later played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1921 and 1922, for the New York Giants. In 1921, he appeared in seven games as a second baseman.
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Coach Arnold Horween's Harvard Crimson defeated the Florida Gators 14 to 0 in front of a crowd of 35,000. Michigan coach Fielding Yost watched the game from the stands. The starting lineup for the Gators against Harvard: Nolan (left end), Proctor (left tackle), Reeves (left guard), Clemons (center), Steele (right guard), Waters (right tackle), Van Sickel (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Bethea (left halfback), Dorsett (right halfback), Cawthon (fullback).
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Again rain and a soggy field hampered play in the second week against the Rollins Tars in Orlando. Florida only rolled up 19 points with the new tactics. Dickson made two touchdowns and Newton one. The starting lineup was: Coleman (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Pomeroy (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).
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Sources The Gators were beaten 14 to 0 by Tulane after the Gators had outplayed them for two periods. Despite the loss, Tootie Perry played one of the best games seen in Tampa. The starting lineup was Swanson (left end), Baker (left tackle), Meisch (left guard), Wilsky (center), Perry (right guard), Vandergrif (right tackle), Briggers (right end), B. Anderson (quarterback), C. Anderson (left halfback), C. (right halfback), Merren (fullback).
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Florida defeated the Stetson Hatters by three touchdowns using mostly straight football. "The only spectacular play of the game was when C. Anderson ran 80 yards for a touchdown, but unfortunately Florida was offside." Florida's starting lineup against Stetson: Coleman (left end), Baker (left tackle), Meisch (left guard), Wilsky (center), Perry (right guard), Dimberline (right tackle) Hughes (right end), B. Anderson (quarterback), C. Anderson (left halfback), Carlton (right halfback), Robinson (fullback).
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Duax attended St. Phillip's School in Chicago. He was an All-Chicago halfback in high school, and his high school coach called him "the best football player, pound for pound, I've ever coached." Duax next attended St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana. He was a triple-threat halfback for the St. Joseph's football team and the team's leading scorer in 1939 and was considered one of the best punters in Indiana.
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Cumberland upset the Commodores 6-0, the first time Cumberland ever scored on Vanderbilt. Four minutes after the game started, Waterhouse had the decisive touchdown. M. O. Bridges had his right collarbone broken. The starting lineup was B. Blake (left end), Pritchard (left tackle), Brown (left guard), Perry (center), Patterson (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Bryan (right end), Kyle (quarterback), D. Blake (left halfback), Hamilton (right halfback), Tigert (fullback).
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In 1999, Green joined the North Queensland Cowboys and was the starting halfback for most of the year. That season he became the club's first State of Origin representative, when he was selected as Queensland's halfback for Game 2 of the series. In 2000, Green fell out of favour with coach Tim Sheens who preferred the halves' partnership of Scott Prince and Noel Goldthorpe. Despite this, Green once again represented Queensland.
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Wing played most of his professional rugby league at the Sydney Roosters. He moved to the club in 2000 and originally started as a halfback partnering Brad Fittler. Wing played from the interchange bench in the Sydney Roosters' 2000 NRL Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos. He played at halfback in the Roosters team which won the 2002 NRL Grand Final against the New Zealand Warriors, scoring a try.
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The Jets lined up in an I formation, with Sanchez under center. In the backfield were two running backs lined up in the “I”: fullback Lex Hilliard and halfback Shonn Greene, 4 and 7 yards behind the line of scrimmage respectively. Sanchez had called the play in the huddle: a designed handoff to the fullback. Typically in this formation, the halfback receives the ball, and the fullback blocks for him.
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1960 Media Guide, p. 15. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Don King with 468 passing yards, halfback Joel Wells with 352 rushing yards, and halfback Jim Coleman with 31 points (5 touchdowns, 1 extra point).Clemson 1960 Football Media Guide, pp. 40-42. Three Clemson players were also named to the 1954 All-South Carolina football team: back Don King, end Scott Jackson, and tackle Clyde White.
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Ereatara C. Enari (born 30 May 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup.
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Bernard Sydney "Joey" Sadler (28 July 1914 – 24 June 2007) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played at halfback for the All Blacks in 1935–36.
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Michigan won the Rockne Trophy. Pittsburgh was ranked third. Halfback Warren Heller and end Joe Skladany were both consensus first-team selections to the 1932 All-America team.
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Matthew "Matty" Brown (September 2, 1891 – April 22, 1954) was an American football halfback who played one season for the Akron Pros, He played college football at Syracuse.
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William Roberts (September 11, 1929 - August 15, 2007) was a halfback in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1956 NFL season.
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Halfback Ev Faunce was awarded the Team MVP Award. Total attendance for the season was 308,556, which averaged to 61,711. The season high for attendance was against Purdue.
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In 1993, Peter King (in Inside the Helmet) reported that Craig was the only running back to be elected to the Pro Bowl at both fullback and halfback.
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In 1936 he was a member of the Hungarian team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. He played all three matches as halfback.
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The first signing of the new season came in the form of fullback or halfback Oscar Thomas from RFL Championship side London Broncos on a two year deal.
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He spent the 2012 season as the third-string quarterback, and was expected to be moved to halfback before he decided not to return to football in 2013.
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He was born and raised in Wisner, Nebraska. Alfson graduated from Wisner High School in 1933, where he was a halfback on the school's single wing football team.
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Halfback Ron Engel was awarded the Team MVP Award. Total attendance for the season was 255,851, which averaged to 51,170. The season high for attendance was against Nebraska.
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He played college football at the University of Wisconsin in 1944 and 1947 and was selected as a first-team All-American halfback at age 17 in 1944.
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Irvine played at halfback for Canterbury and the South Island.Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987. He played for the South Island in their 1963 match against South Africa.
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Burrell Shields (September 6, 1929 – January 15, 1997) was an American football halfback. He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1954 and for the Baltimore Colts in 1955.
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John Cyrus Heimsch (September 18, 1902 – May 27, 1991) was a halfback in the National Football League. He played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1926 NFL season.
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On 2 May, Taylor played for the Junior Kangaroos against Junior Kiwis, playing at halfback in the 22-20 win at Cbus Super Stadium. On 8 July, he played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team, playing at halfback and kicking 2 goals in the 16-32 loss at Suncorp Stadium. On 5 August, he signed a 2-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2016, after being released from the final year of his Broncos contract to pursue a first-grade opportunity. Taylor made his NRL debut in the last game of the season against the Melbourne Storm, filling in for the injured Ben Hunt at halfback.
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Weisenburger played college football as a halfback, fullback and quarterback at the University of Michigan from 1944 to 1947. He started five games at fullback for the 1944 Michigan Wolverines football team, and played five games at fullback and one at halfback for the 1945 team. In 1946, he started the season as a fullback, but suffered a broken jaw in an early game against Army. Weisenburger ended up starting three games at quarterback and one each at fullback and halfback for the 1946 team. As a senior, Weisenbuger was the starting fullback for the 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team that finished the season with a 10-0 record and outscored opponents 394 to 53.
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Boucher started his professional athletic career in football as halfback for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. After three years of football he switched to hockey.
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Henry Raiwalui (born 24 February 1989) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays for the Wentworthville Magpies in the Ron Massey Cup. He plays as a Halfback.
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The 1961 NFL Draft was held from December 27-28, 1960 at Philadelphia's Warwick Hotel. With the first pick, the Minnesota Vikings selected halfback Tommy Mason from Tulane University.
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David Steven Loveridge (born 22 April 1952) was an All Black of the late 1970s and early 1980s, known in his time as the greatest halfback in the world.
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Ben Lythe (born 14 October 1975 in New Zealand) is a former professional rugby league footballer. His position of preference was at Halfback. He was also a noted goalkicker.
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The Gators defeated coach Gene Oberst's Washington & Lee Generals 25-7 in their annual Thanksgiving matchup. Sophomore halfback Monk Dorsett was the star of the game, scoring two touchdowns.
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Doc Kelley (March 1, 1902 – July 5, 1963) played in three seasons with the Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos of the National Football League. He was a running back and halfback.
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Kain was born in Nashville, Tennessee and attended Hume-Fogg High School. He then attended University of Georgia where he played football, as a fullback and halfback, and baseball.
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James Herbert "Jimmy" Sears (March 20, 1931January 4, 2002) was a professional American football defensive back/halfback in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL).
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A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a standout multi-sport athlete at Marquette University High School, Brennan played halfback at Notre Dame from 1945 to 1948, graduating in 1949.
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Wood was born in Sydney. Garth is the brother of Sydney Roosters and Warrington Wolves utility Nathan Wood and the son of Newtown, Norths and Souths halfback Barry Wood.
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Leon Fukofuka (born 8 September 1994) is a rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and is a international.
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Three Iowa State players were selected as first-team all-conference players: fullback Mike Cox, right tackle John Van Sicklen, and halfback Tom Vaughn.2017 Fact Book, p. 75.
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Mort Landsberg (July 25, 1919 – December 31, 1970) was an American football halfback. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1941 and for the Los Angeles Dons in 1947.
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In the 2000 season, he was supplanted as a starter by rookie running back Jamal Lewis. The Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV with Holmes as their second string halfback.
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Dean played football as a halfback at Northern Illinois University from 1935 through 1937; in addition, he spent one season as a member of the Huskies JV basketball team.
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Four Clemson players were selected as first-team players on the 1959 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team: Cordileone; halfback Bill Mathis; end Gary Barnes; and center Paul Snyder.
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George Nathan Benson (May 7, 1919 – August 24, 2001) was a professional American football halfback. He was a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference.
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Patrick "Peter" Harvey (3 April 1880 - 29 October 1949) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks in 1904. His position of choice was halfback.
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College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results: 1965–1969 . Retrieved August 22, 2009. Halfback Larry Smith ran 94 yards for a touchdown while struggling to keep his pants up.
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Henry Roberts (1862 – 1 January 1949) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Roberts represented Wellington and Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the first New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1884. He played seven matches for the All Blacks, none of them internationals. His son Teddy, also a halfback, was a member of the All Blacks in 1913, making them the team's first father–son representatives.
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Halfback Willie Heston was selected as a third-team player on Walter Camp's 1901 and 1902 All- America Teams and as a first-team player on Camp's 1903 and 1904 All-America Teams. In addition, five Michigan players received first-team honors on the 1901 All-Western college football team. They are Snow, Heston, quarterback Boss Weeks, tackle Bruce Shorts, and fullback/halfback Everett Sweeley. The team captain was tackle, Hugh White.
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The younger Shaw was educated in the schools of Lincoln, Denver, and Kansas City, Missouri. He enrolled at the University of Michigan where he was a member of the law school's Class of 1902. He played for the Michigan Wolverines football team as a quarterback and halfback from 1899 to 1901. He began the 1901 season as a starting halfback for Michigan in the team's first year under head coach Fielding H. Yost.
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Kress started all nine games at left halfback for the 1952 Michigan Wolverines football team. He finished the 1952 season with 627 rushing yards and 559 passing yards, leading the Wolverines in both categories. Kress also started all nine games at the left halfback position for the 1953 Michigan Wolverines football team. During the 1953 season, Kress compiled 339 rushing yards, 238 passing yards, 203 yards on kickoff returns and 142 receiving yards.
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Hodgson then made his own extra point. After VPI led 6 to 5 for some time, and with only minutes left to play, Princeton's Cunningham made 30-yard drop kick to secure the 8 to 6 victory. VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Gibbes (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).
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Sources: VPI rolled up the season's largest score on the Richmond Spiders, winning 52–0 and playing well on both sides of the ball, especially the offense. The backfield starred in a game of conventional football. VPI's starting lineup was: A. Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pitts (left guard), Gibbes (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).
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After being discharged from the Marines, Fitzgerald enrolled at the University of Michigan where he walked on as a 5-foot, 9 inch halfback. He was a starting halfback for Michigan in 1959 and 1960. In October 1960, Fitzgerald had a 99-yard kickoff return against Michigan State. He set the record for the longest kickoff return in University of Michigan history, though Tyrone Wheatley tied the record in September 1992 against Houston.
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After an Alabama penalty, Carl Brumbaugh ran across for the second and decisive touchdown. Crabtree also had two 55-yard kickoff returns, and gained more from scrimmage that afternoon than did the Tide. Crabtree accounted for 271 yards. The starting lineup was: Stanley (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Dehoff (right end), Van Sickle (quarterback), Crabtree (left halfback), Brumbaugh (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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In Tampa on Plant Field, the Gators defeated coach Stanley L. Robinson's Mississippi College Choctaws 58 to 0. Florida played poorly in the first quarter. The highlight of the game was Ark Newton's run of 72 yards in the second quarter. The starting lineup was: Mounts (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Case (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).
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After another exchange of punts, two passes set up the tying score: Newton to Lightsey and Jones to Newton. Bill Middlekauff then made the tying score from the 5-yard line with four line plunges. Newton missed the extra point. The starting lineup was: Lightsey (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Robinson (right tackle), Merwin (right end), Jones (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Pomeroy (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).
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It was expected by some that he would eventually return to the lower grades until he was needed again but coach John Lang had other ideas. Clearly Campbell was too talented to be wasted playing in reserve grade. With the return of David Peachey, he was no longer needed at fullback and Cronulla was struggling without a recognised halfback. Finding the solution to two problems Lang pencilled in Campbell for the halfback role.
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Both the tailback and halfback are triple threats in this offense. The weakness of this formation is less power than the traditional single-wing and it requires very talented backs to play tailback and halfback effectively. Sutherland created this formation from the original single-wing he learned from legendary coach Pop Warner at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1910s. Sutherland became the Pitt coach in 1924, where he remained through 1938.
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Moss received first-team honors from Liberty magazine, and Miller received the same from the United Press and College Humor magazine. Five Purdue players received honors on the 1931 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Paul Moss from the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), and captains' team (CPT); Ookie Miller (AP-2, UP-1); quarterback Paul Pardonner (UP-2); halfback Jim Purvis (CPT); and halfback Fred Hecker (AP-2, UP-2).
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J.W. "Wobble" Davidson and guard Homer "Larry" Hazel Jr. were the team captains.2016 Ole Miss media guide. pg. 79. Six Ole Miss players were selected by the Associated Press (AP) or United Press (UP) for the 1941 All-SEC football team: Hazel (AP-1, UP-1); halfback Merle Hapes (AP-1); tackle Bill Eubanks (AP-1); halfback Junie Hovious (AP-2); guard Oscar Britt (AP-2); and tackle Chet Kozel (AP-3).
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In 2007, Mullen was selected as starting five-eighth for the Knights. On 10 April 2007, the day after Mullen turned 20, Johns announced his shock retirement from rugby league due to a neck injury. Mullen became first-choice halfback. After playing nine first grade games as halfback and 31 games in total, he was a shock pick at that position for the New South Wales Blues in the 2007 State of Origin series.
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Arnold Horween (originally Arnold Horwitz; also known as A. McMahon; July 7, 1898 – August 5, 1985) was an American college and professional American football player and coach. He played and coached both for Harvard University and in the National Football League (NFL). Horween played left halfback, right halfback, fullback, and center for the unbeaten Harvard Crimson football teams of 1919, which won the 1920 Rose Bowl, and 1920. He was voted an All-American.
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He was finally able to retire and concentrate solely on writing. Though Christopher wrote about many sports, his most frequent subject was baseball. His best baseball books are considered to be Wild Pitch, Catcher with a Glass Arm, and The Kid Who Only Hit Homers. He also wrote many books about football, including Tough to Tackle, Crackerjack Halfback, and Football Nightmare, and soccer, including Soccer Scoop, Soccer Halfback, and Top Wing, basketball and hockey.
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In 1983, Spina moved to Sydney, where he joined the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. He made his first grade debut as a 19-year-old, coming off the bench in the Bears' 22–20 win over the Newtown Jets. The following week, he started at halfback and scored twice in the Bears' loss to Canberra. He would spend the rest of the season as North Sydney's starting halfback.
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He was introduced to football while a student at Phillips Exeter Academy, where, in his senior year, he played quarterback and served as team captain. In 1886, Wurtenburg entered Yale University to study to become a doctor. He joined the school football team in his first year, playing as a backup halfback. He remained a backup halfback on the 1887 team, which went undefeated and was later recognized as a national champion.
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On the football field, Cowell, nicknamed "Shorty", was said to have "a combination of physique, speed and football sense", rendering him a very effective halfback. His brother, Warren (Brady) also played on the team in 1920, as a halfback. Cowell was also an accomplished varsity basketball player, having been named to the All-Missouri Valley varsity team in 1918 and 1919 seasons as a guard. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
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Clancy was named the starting halfback before the start of the 1964 season. However, he suffered a back injury in September 1964 and spent more than two weeks in the University Hospital before being released on September 17, 1964. As a result of the injury, Clancy missed Michigan's Big Ten championship season in 1964, as Jim Detwiler took over his halfback spot. Clancy was given an extra year of eligibility for missing the 1964 season.
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Brett Clark (born ) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. Brett Clark was a halfback for Western Suburbs for four seasons between 1984-1987. He finished his career at the St. George Dragons, for two seasons between 1988-1989 and played halfback in the Dragons victorious team that won the 1988 Panasonic Cup. Clark also played for St. Helens, Oldham, Rochdale Hornets, Hunslet and Swinton in England between 1986-1995.
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They immediately signed veteran halfback Leon Pryce and released coach Rohan Smith. In addition to this they declined to offer Aussie halfback Dane Chisholm a contract with the new club. During the owners press conference they revealed that Manly Sea Eagles legend Geoff Toovey would become the Bulls new coach for the 2017 season, in addition to this Leon Pryce was revealed as the captain. Australian second rower Lachlan Burr signed for Leigh Centurions.
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On 6 June 2018, Cleary made his debut for New South Wales in Game 1 of the 2018 State of Origin series against Queensland, starting at halfback in the 22-12 win at the MCG. Later that week, he kicked the match winning field goal in the Panthers' 23–22 win over the Canberra Raiders at GIO Stadium. He played in all 3 Origin games that year for the Blues at halfback.
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Victor Henry Schwall (January 25, 1925 – October 14, 2000) was an American football halfback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons with the Chicago Cardinals.
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The 2008 Wests Tigers season was their 9th in the NRL. Major signings for the 2008 season are former Dragons halfback Mathew Head, backrower Corey Payne, and back Nick Youngquest.
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Steve Buckingham is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player. His position of preference was at Halfback. He is currently the head coach of the Mount Albert Lions.
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Walter John "Walt" Zirinsky (August 1, 1920 – November 30, 2001) was an American football halfback who was a member of the Cleveland Rams team that won the 1945 NFL Championship.
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Wally Woodward (1922−2003) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played for Parramatta as a halfback. He was a foundation player of the club.
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The 1940 NFL Draft was held on December 9, 1939 at Milwaukee's Schroeder Hotel. With the first pick, the Chicago Cardinals selected halfback George Cafego from the University of Tennessee.
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Harold Arthur Giancanelli (born May 21, 1929) is a former professional American football player who played Halfback for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Bert Aldon Zagers (January 30, 1933 - September 2, 1992) was an American football player who played halfback and defensive back for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL).
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Four years later he won the silver medal as part of the Dutch team. He played all three matches as halfback. He was the founder of the Loggere Metaalwerken company.
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Robert Archbald Watkins Jr. (born March 30, 1932) is a former American football halfback who played college football at Ohio State University and professionally in the National Football League (NFL).
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A native of Bay City, Michigan, Wheeler began to attain athletic prominence playing halfback and quarterback for the football team at Bay City Central High School from 1924 to 1926.
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Fischer played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1926 NFL season as a halfback. Prior to the NFL, he played collegiately at The Catholic University of America and Marquette University.
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Ivan Jones (10 November 1942 – 22 February 2015) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. Jones was a premiership winning halfback with South Sydney.
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Allen Lapham Lindow (July 9, 1919 – January 18, 1989) was a halfback in the National Football League. He was a member of the Chicago Cardinals during the 1945 NFL season.
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Donald Allen Miller Jr. (born Don Jack Miller) is a former halfback in the National Football League. He was a member of the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Four members of the 1930 Michigan team were selected as first-team All-Big Ten players – Newman, center Maynard Morrison, halfback and team MVP Jack Wheeler, and right tackle Leo Draveling.
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Griggs was born in 1883 in Topeka, Kansas. He attended Washburn University and later the University of Pittsburgh where he played college football at the halfback and fullback positions.The Owl. 1907.
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Aaron Whittaker (born 9 July 1968) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international representative halfback, he played club football in Australia, England and New Zealand.
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John "Jack" Harper Halfpenny (March 4, 1926 - April 1, 2007) was a college football player who started at quarterback, guard and halfback for the Longhorns football team from 1944 through 1948.
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The 1948 NFL Draft was held on December 19, 1947 at Pittsburgh's Fort Pitt Hotel. With the first pick, the Washington Redskins selected halfback Harry Gilmer from the University of Alabama.
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The 1951 NFL Draft was held from January 18-19, 1951 at Chicago's Blackstone Hotel. With the first pick, the New York Giants selected halfback Kyle Rote from Southern Methodist University.
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John M. "Johnny" Binotto (November 24, 1919 - February 19, 2016) was a former American football halfback who played one season in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Four Bradley player received first-team honors on the 1926 All-IIAC football team: Pope at fullback; Al DeCremer at left halfback; Carlson at right end; and Becker at left end.
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Livingstone earned varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball at Hammond High School in 1939 and 1940. He earned All-State honors as a halfback in 1940. He graduated in 1941.
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Before coaching, Morrison played halfback as an undergraduate at Cornell University for three seasonsCornell Alumni News "The Alumni" March 13, 1901 and also captained the basketball team in his senior year.
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Brett Oliver (born 1 March 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. Oliver played as a halfback and hooker.
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Gibson quit while on top to take up a role back at the Roosters in 1991 as manager with former Test halfback Mark Murray as coach. He did this until 1994.
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Perenara was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a brother of Marcus Perenara and a cousin of Sonny Bill Williams, and of current Hurricanes and All Blacks halfback TJ Perenara.
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Green attended DeVilbiss High School in Toledo.(enter "green" in box for "last name" to retrieve Green's career roster details) He played at the halfback position for the DeVilbiss football team.
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They are: center Arthur Tipton (WC-1, CW-1); back Henry Torney (CW-1); end Alexander Garfield Gillespie (WC-2); halfback Frederick Prince (CW-2); and tackle Thomas Doe (WC-3).
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To Leahy's frustration, he skipped spring practices every year of his Notre Dame career to play golf, but the coach did not discipline Miller because he was the team's best halfback.
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In what later proved to be a stellar year, Tahuriorangi was announced in the 2015 lineup for in the ITM Cup as well as in the Super Rugby for 2016 In 2017 Tahuriorangi was called into the Maori All Blacks Completing a two year stint with the Hurricanes Tahuriorangi was signed up by the Chiefs for the 2018 season. Brad Weber, the Chiefs resident halfback, spent much of the early 2018 season nursing an injury leaving Tahuriorangi to make the most out of extra time on the field. Tahuriorangi’s performance caught the attention of All Black selectors who were searching for a third halfback following Tawera Kerr-Barlow’s departure to France. Tahuriorangi was announced as the third halfback for the All Blacks in May 2018.
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Right tackle Steamer Horning converted four goals after touchdown for Detroit. After "a mix-up" with Detroit's Charlie Guy and Gil Runkel, Cleveland's star halfback Arnold Vogel was carried off the field in the fourth quarter with a broken left shoulder and three broken ribs; he was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital for medical treatment. The Detroit Free Press called it "a rough and tumble match," but also wrote that it was "a slow and rather uninteresting football battle." The Heralds' starting lineup against Columbus was Heinie Schultz (left end), Hugh Lowery (left tackle), Clarence Appelgran (left guard), Gil Runkel (center), Charlie Guy (right guard), Steamer Horning (right tackle), Ray Whipple (right end), Perce Wilson (quarterback), King (left halfback), Eddie Moegle (right halfback), and Pat Dunne (fullback).
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The flu was said to have been "conquered" by the week of the game; the number of deaths per day had fallen to 10. Tech won the game 33–6, allowing one of the two touchdowns it allowed all year. Tech's starting lineup against Camp Humphreys: Hardwick (left end), Rangely (left tackle), Tilson (left guard), Resh (center), Quarles (right guard), Pierce (right tackle), Camper (right end), Hurst (quarterback), Bock (left halfback), McCann (right halfback), Crisp (fullback).
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To close the regular season, Cumberland beat Alabama, LSU, and Tulane all by shutout in five days. Red Smith and Head starred in the 44-0 defeat of Alabama. Cumberland outweighed Alabama by an average of nearly 30 pounds. The starting lineup was Waterhouse (left end), M. L. Bridges (left tackle), M. O. Bridges (left guard), Smith (center), Cragwall (right guard), Suddarth (right tackle), Spencer (right end), Smiser (quarterback), Head (left halfback), Anderson (right halfback), Minton (fullback).
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VPI suffered its sole loss of the season against Navy, getting revenge for when Carpenter and VPI won in 1903. VPI scored when Carpenter returned the second-half kickoff 95 yards, after a hand-off from Murray Harlan who caught the kick. VPI's starting lineup was: Webber (left end), Willson (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Stiles (center), Strickling (right guard), Hines (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Harris (quarterback), Nutter (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).
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Auburn easily defeated Nashville 10–0. "Foy and Reynolds gained ground every time they were given the ball...The Auburn team is 50 per cent stronger now than it was at this time last year, and Coach Donohue is doing wonderful work with his material." The starting lineup was Patterson (left end), Streit (left tackle), Bigney (left guard), Butler (center), Moon (right guard), Jones (right tackle), Wilkinson (right end), Perkins (quarterback), Foy (left halfback), Reynolds (right halfback), Lacey (fullback).
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Born and raised in West Monroe, Louisiana, Stovall graduated from West Monroe High School in 1959. He played college football at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, succeeding Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon as the Tigers' halfback. Stovall served a multitude of roles for the Tigers, including running back, defensive back, return specialist, and punter. His primary position was left halfback, which in the days of one-platoon football was both a running back and defensive back.
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Clyde Crabtree, in his final game, had a touchdown on a punt return of 80 yards, Ed Sauls had one on a run through the line of 38 yards. The other score came on 10-yard run by Red McEwen. The starting lineup for the Gators against Oregon: Parnell (left end), Waters (left tackle), Steele (left guard), Clemons (center), Reeves (right guard), Proctor (right tackle), Nolan (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Dorsett (left halfback), Goodbread (right halfback), Cawthon (fullback).
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Florida rolled up a large, 33–0 score on the Rollins Tars. In the fourth quarter T. Hoyt Carlton faked a kick and ran 40 yards for the touchdown; the first of three scored by the Gators in the final period. The starting lineup was: Swanson (left end), Wuthrich (left tackle), H. Perry (left guard), Wilsky (center), C. Perry (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Renfro (quarterback), Beasley (left halfback), Carlton (right halfback), Newton (fullback).
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The Gators lost to Carlstrom Field and its "baffling" display of passes and defense 19–0. Gene Vidal's attempted drop kick was blocked, but he caught the ball off the rebound and ran 20 yards before the time spectators realized what happened. The starting lineup was: Swanson (left end), Doty (left tackle), C. Perry (left guard), Wilsky (center), Scott (right guard), Wuthrich (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Renfro (quarterback), Carlton (left halfback), Beasley (right halfback), Newton (fullback).
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Wilson returned in the fourth quarter and threw a late touchdown pass, but the two missed extra points in the first half proved decisive, and Alabama won 20–19."A Bunch Of Farmers Upset Football Tradition", Sports Illustrated, Dec. 24, 1962 The starting lineup was Winslett (left end), Perry (left tackle), Buckler (left guard), Holmes (center), Jones (right guard), Camp (right tackle), T. Brown (right end), Gillis (quarterback), M. Brown (left halfback), Barnes (right halfback), Hubert (fullback).
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In a torrential rain, Florida met Tulane for the first time and upset the Olive and Blue 14–7, the highlight of the season. Rammy Ramsdell scored the game-winning touchdown, "crashing through center" and zig-zagging 60 yards to the endzone. The starting lineup was Henderson (left end), Lotspeich (left tackle), Yon (left guard), Farrior (center), Robles (right guard), Goldsby (right tackle), Wilkinson (right end), Ramsdell (quarterback), Sparkman (left halfback), Thompson (right halfback), Fuller (fullback).
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McCarter began his first grade career with Canterbury in 1937 debuting against St. George. In 1938, McCarter played at halfback in the 1938 NSWRL grand final victory over Eastern Suburbs which was the club's first premiership. In 1940, McCarter played at halfback in the 1940 NSWRL grand final defeat against Eastern Suburbs. In 1942, McCarter missed out on the 1942 NSWRL grand final victory over St George, picking up an injury against Balmain in the first finals game.
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1938 Northwestern University yearbook, p. 202. He played at the halfback position for the Northwestern Wildcats football team from 1936 to 1938. As a sophomore, he was selected by the Central Press Association as a first-team halfback on the 1936 College Football All-America Team. As a senior, he served as the captain of Northwestern's football team, was named its most valuable player and was selected by Paramount News to the 1938 College Football All-America Team.
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Lui played in 23 games in 2011, scoring 5 tries. From round 17 onward, Lui was halfback as Wests Tigers won nine games straight, eventually losing in the semi-final. Lui was said to be, "the first halfback in years to properly gel with Benji Marshall." At the end of the 2011 season, Lui was released from his contract with the Wests Tigers after he was charged with assaulting his partner, Taleah Rae Backo, in her North Strathfield home.
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2017 Fact Book, pp. 112-113. Webb Halbert was the only Iowa State player to be selected as a first-team all-conference player.2017 Fact Book, p. 74. The team's regular starting lineup consisted of left end Dean Laun, left tackle Tom Southard, left guard Joe Brubaker, center Rod Rust, right guard Norman Anderson, right tackle Harley Rollinger, right end Bob Jensen, quarterback Don Ferguson, left halfback Webb Halbert, right halfback Vic Weber, and fullback Ray Klootwyk.
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2017 Fact Book, pp. 112-113. Dean Laun was the only Iowa State player to be selected as a first-team all-conference player.2017 Fact Book, p. 74. The team's regular starting lineup consisted of left end Dean Laun, left tackle Tom Southard, left guard Joe Brubaker, center Rod Rust, right guard Billy Myers, right tackle George Friedl, right end Dean Norman, quarterback Don Ferguson, left halfback Webb Halbert, right halfback Bob Angle, and fullback Bill Chauncey.
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Fifteen of the 21 players on the 1917 roster were from the state of Georgia, and 10 of its 11 starters came from Georgia high schools. The team's captain was tackle Walker "Big Six" Carpenter. Its renowned backfield consisted of quarterback Al Hill, halfback Everett Strupper, halfback Joe Guyon, and freshman fullback Judy Harlan. Coach John Heisman's swift backfield used the pre-snap movement of his "jump shift" offense, and Al Hill led the team in carries.
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He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976. Cleveland added several more players to its roster in the 1950 NFL Draft, selecting halfback Ken Carpenter in the first round and tackle John Sandusky and guard Jim Martin in the second. Later selections included fullback Emerson Cole, halfback Don Phelps and defensive back Dom Moselle. Those additions aimed to replenish a backfield depleted by the departure of Edgar Jones, Bill Boedeker, Les Horvath and Ara Parseghian.
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He scored four touchdowns in his final college game, a 56-13 win over the University of Montana. Krause was named 1st team All-West Coast fullback, and first choice Little All-American halfback. In the annual East–West Shrine Game, Krause started for the West at left halfback. Babe Hollingbery, famed Washington State coach and co-coach of the victorious West squad, described Krause as the "hardest-hitting back on the field" in the Shrine game.
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A native of Buffalo, New York, Offenhamer starred in football as a halfback and in baseball as a catcher at Bennett High School and at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. At Colgate, he started at right halfback on the 1934 football team which lost only to Ohio State, and again on the successful 1935 team. For the Colgate baseball team, Offenhamer hit .380 as a senior where he was both a catcher and an outfielder.
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Sewanee's next run from scrimmage was another Seibels touchdown. Rex Kilpatrick had one score, and Sewanee managed three further touchdowns. One account reads: "In spite of their long, tiresome trip, the Sewanee men were lively as school boys out for a day off." The starting lineup was: Sims (left end), Jones (left tackle), Keyes (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Bolling (right tackle), Pearce (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Gray (right halfback), and Simkins (fullback).
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' Suter asked the Auburn coach. > Heisman didn't say anything, I guess he thought a great deal. He told me > afterwards that he had never felt so sorry for a man on a football field as > he had for Suter at that moment. The starting lineup was: Pierce (left end), Jones (left tackle), Claiborne (left guard), Poole (center), Keyes (right guard), Bolling (right tackle), Sims (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Seibels (right halfback), and Simkins (fullback).
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Televised by Mizlou, the kickoff on Friday night was shortly after 6 p.m. MST. It was the Fiesta Bowl's second night game, and the last until January 1987. All-American freshman halfback Tony Dorsett gave Pittsburgh an early lead on his three-yard touchdown run. Arizona State responded, as its All-American halfback Woody Green ran it in from three yards to make it 7–7 at the end of the first quarter; the second quarter was scoreless.
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The halfback in Canadian football, and most commonly the Canadian Football League, currently refers to the defensive back rather than the running back, as in American football. The defensive halfback lines up inside covering the slotback. They are usually slightly larger than the cornerback to assist the linebackers in stopping the run. They can also be seen backing off the line early, to counter the forward motion of a slotback, which is allowed before the snap in the CFL.
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Four years later he was a member of the American field hockey team, which lost all three matches in the preliminary round and did not advance. He played three matches as halfback.
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He was not on the roster in 1948,1948 Toronto Argonauts Roster; www.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-21. but returned in 1949, as a halfback.1949 Toronto Argonauts Roster; www.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
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He was also Thorpe's backup at halfback. The Bulldogs finished the season 9–1 and won the championship of the "Ohio League", which was the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
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Lewis also played representative football as a winger, centre, lock and second row, and won first grade Man of the Match awards as a centre, lock, second row, five-eighth and halfback.
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Peter Thomas Johnson Jr. (born August 9, 1937) is a former American football halfback in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears. He played college football at the Virginia Military Institute.
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The 1945 NFL Draft was held on April 8, 1945 at New York City's Commodore Hotel. With the first pick, the Chicago Cardinals selected halfback Charley Trippi from the University of Georgia.
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In his freshman year, Gerhart backed up Anthony Kimble at the halfback position, starting one game. He rushed for 375 yards for the season, as Stanford struggled to a 1-11 record.
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The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946 at New York City's Commodore Hotel. With the first pick, the Chicago Bears selected halfback Bob Fenimore from Oklahoma State University–Stillwater.
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Aaron R. Pierce (born September 8, 1969) is a former professional American football player who played tight end and halfback for seven seasons for the New York Giants and the Baltimore Ravens.
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Costello was a halfback selected for Outing magazine's "Football Honor List for 1911" picked by coaches from the East and West. The only other southern player on the list was Ray Morrison.
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Leroy Bolden, Jr. (August 24, 1932 – October 31, 2008) was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans.
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The 1941 NFL Draft was held on December 10, 1940 at Washington, D.C.'s Willard Hotel. With the first pick, the Chicago Bears selected halfback Tom Harmon from The University of Michigan.
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Clifford Franklin Battles (May 1, 1910 – April 28, 1981) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL). Battles was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
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Chappuis' predecessor as Michigan's halfback, Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon, completed seven passes in a single game only three times in three years, a feat accomplished by Chappuis in his first game.
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Paddock went unnoticed his freshman year at halfback, until he was moved to the quarterback position in the game with Georgia Tech and led the Bulldogs to a 20 to 0 victory.
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The league idea came from Canton's star halfback, Jim Thorpe, who in turn heard the idea from Rochester Jeffersons owner Leo Lyons during a 1917 match between the Bulldogs and the Jeffs.
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James Dunbar Apple (July 14, 1938July 1985) was a professional American football halfback in the American Football League for the New York Titans in 1961. He played college football at Upsala College.
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William Patrick McHugh (December 21, 1919September 19, 2004) was a professional American football defensive back and halfback in the National Football League. He played five seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles (1947–1951).
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Clemon C. Daniels Jr. (October 3, 1937 – March 23, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a halfback in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL).
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As a halfback, he carried four times for 12 yards. It was his only season in pro football. As of 2004, Johnston was heading his family's industrial painting business in Paramount, California.
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Finlay Christie (born 19 September 1995) is a Scottish-born rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for the in Super Rugby and in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup.
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Donald Eugene Herndon (June 4, 1936 – January 10, 2009) was a professional American football halfback. He played with the New York Titans of the American Football League during the 1960 AFL season.
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Southern defeated Fort Valley by a 46–0 score on Christmas Day. Key players included halfback Ted Bey, Webb Hollis, Joseph Davis, and Carl Cannon. William E. McKinney was the assistant coach.
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William Herbert Geyer, Jr. (October 3, 1919 – June 4, 2004) was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Chicago Bears (1942–1943, 1946).
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Halfback Willie Heston was the only member of the team selected as a first-team All-American, receiving the honor from both Walter Camp in Collier's Weekly and Caspar Whitney in Outing magazine.
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Guard Phil Craig and end Ed Hayes were named to the second team. Other players included halfback Jack De Milita and tackle Bill Shuler (son of the noted radio personality "Fighting Bob" Shuler).
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176, University of Maryland, 1930. and as a fullback and halfback on the football team.Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890-1952, p. 113, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.
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Of his prowess on the rugby field it was written after his death that "among those qualified to judge he is considered to have had no superior as a fearless and determined halfback".
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Malcolm was also selected for the New Zealand University and Hurricanes development sides in 2016. He was selected for the New Zealand national U20s training squad in 2014 and trialled as a halfback.
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John Doehring (November 6, 1909November 18, 1972) was an American football halfback/fullback in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears (1932–1934, 1936–1937) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1935).
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Holcombe went to the Tennessee Titans after the 2001 season. He played both halfback and fullback for three seasons in the backfield with NFL MVP Steve McNair and Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George.
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Brad McCormick Weber (born 17 January 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for Hawke's Bay in the Mitre 10 Cup and the in Super Rugby.
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Melvin Wallace Bleeker (August 20, 1920April 24, 1996) was a professional American football player who played halfback for four seasons in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams.
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Earl Elburn "Cowboy" Bartlett (December 16, 1908 – January 1987) was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League. He was born in Purcell, Oklahoma. He played college football at Centre College.
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Jack Grooby is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for in the Mitre 10 Cup. His position of choice is Halfback. Grooby was educated at Nelson College from 2014 to 2016.
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Other key players included halfback Bob Odell, fullback Bert Stiff, and Bob Brundage. Munger was Penn's head coach for 16 years; he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Rueber was a starting halfback at Northwestern University in 1905. He also spent one summer playing minor league baseball for the Bartlesville Indians and Chanute Browns of the Kansas State League in 1906.
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Kern Carson (January 29, 1941 – March 2, 2002) was an American football halfback. He played for the San Diego Chargers and New York Jets in 1965 and for the Toronto Argonauts in 1966.
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Sean O' Sullivan is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.
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The term has been used in a football context since at least the 1960s. However, the maneuver itself dates back to the 19th century. Walter Camp wrote of role exchanges between a line player and a "line-half" (then the nomenclature for what is now called a linebacker; presumably a cross between lineman and halfback, or a halfback playing behind the line; cf. "scrum-half" in rugby) in efforts to block a kick from scrimmage, forward passes not yet having been legal.
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After graduating from high school, Kindt received a scholarship to the University of Wisconsin. He became the starter at right halfback in his first year, while fellow freshman Clarence Self started at left halfback. In the season opener against Camp Grant, Kindt scored his first career touchdown on a six-yard run in the fourth quarter, which tied the game 7–7. Wisconsin went on to lose the game 10–7 after Camp Grant scored a field goal with five seconds left.
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David Hinton Middleton (November 23, 1933 – December 29, 2007) was an American football end, wide receiver, and halfback. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Middleton played college football as a halfback for the Auburn Tigers in 1953 and 1954. He was also the 1955 Southeastern Conference champion in the 100-yard dash. He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 1955 NFL Draft and played for the Lions in the National Football League (NFL) from 1955 to 1960.
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Vanderbilt rolled up a 50-0 score over Kentucky State. The starting lineup was Boogher (left end), McAlister (left tackle), Whitemore (left guard), Brown (center), Hassett (right guard), Langhorst (right tackle), Stringfield (right end), Cox (quarterback), Connell (left halfback), Dye (right halfback), Farrell (fullback). In the second half of the Georgia- Virginia game in Atlanta, a Georgia fullback named Richard Von Albade ("Von") Gammon was fatally injured on a play. The Georgia, Georgia Tech and Mercer football teams soon disbanded.
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North Carolina was subsequently forced to punt but recovered it at the Maryland 35. On the ensuing possession, Tar Heel halfback Daley Goff rushed 11 yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter, Maryland gained excellent field position when Goff received a bad punt snap and the Terps took over on the Carolina 38-yard line. Maryland quarterback Bob Rusevlyan later scored on a one-yard sneak. In the fourth quarter, halfback Ted Kershner broke away for an 81-yard touchdown run.
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Adrian Peterson lined up at halfback A halfback (HB) is an offensive position in American football, whose duties involve lining up in the backfieldHalfback lineup in a play archived from NFL.com and carrying the ball on most rushing plays, i.e. a running back. When the principal ball carrier lines up deep in the backfield, and especially when that player is placed behind another player (usually a blocking back), as in the I formation, that player is instead referred to as a tailback.
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Carl Van Ness's research also posits Storter as the name's origin. Storter himself denied the above and stated the nickname 'Gators' came when a Macon Telegraph reporter declared "Macon to be invaded by a bunch of alligators from Florida" before the game with Mercer in 1910. The starting lineup was Swanson (left end), Wagner (left tackle), Price (left guard), Storter (center), Barker (right guard), Robles (right tackle), Boule (right end), Edgerton (quarterback), Tenney (left halfback), Taylor (right halfback), Vidal (fullback).
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With older brother Jimmy on All Blacks duty, Scott emerged as the starting halfback for Southland in the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup, and led the Stags to a monumental Ranfurly Shield victory over Canterbury. In the 2010 ITM Cup, Cowan was again the starting halfback as Southland defended the Ranfurly Shield for the bulk of the season. However, Jimmy Cowan returned from the All Blacks camp to start the game in which Canterbury re-gained the Shield from Southland.
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Lewis Lawrence Pope (February 18, 1908 – February 5, 1964) was an American football player. He was born in 1908 in Hobart, Oklahoma.World War II Draft Registration Card (D.S.S. Form 1) for Lewis Lawrence Pope, born February 18, 1908, in Hobart, Oklahoma. He played college football as a halfback for Purdue University in 1929 and 1930 and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a halfback for the Providence Steam Roller in 1931 and for the Cincinnati Reds in 1933 and 1934.
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John "Jock" Rattray (born Lumphinnans, Scotland) was an early twentieth- century Scottish football inside forward who played professionally in Scotland and the United States. "When actively engaged in the sport Rattray was one of the versatile type of players. He was equally effective on the halfback line as he was among the forwards, and frequently alternated in the positions of right halfback and inside right." In 1911, Rattray began his professional career with Falkirk F.C. of the Scottish Football League First Division.
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The three backs, quarterback, halfback, and fullback, were labeled "Q", "H", and "F". Gibbs' innovation was to move one of the backs up near the line of scrimmage, to act as an extra tight end. At the time the system was developed, the best running back on the Redskins' roster was John Riggins, a fullback. Since Riggins and quarterback Joe Theismann were vital to the team at the time, the lesser used halfback was removed and replaced with an extra tight end.
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No. 7 Arkansas 6 – No. 5 Ole Miss 0 Arkansas and Ole Miss met in War Memorial Stadium on October 23, 1954. The game was scoreless until the Razorbacks called a trick play: a 66-yard halfback pass from halfback Buddy Bob Benson to Preston Carpenter for the only points of the game. Arkansas head coach Bowden Wyatt named the play after the Powder River, a river in his native Wyoming. The river is a mile wide but deceptively only a foot deep.
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During the 2018 season Lachie made his way from the midfield into the backline as a running Halfback due to several injuries to teammates and in August 2018, Whitfield was named in the 2018 All-Australian team on Halfback after having a career best year in his new position. Whitfield who was soon to become a free agent in 2020, had ignored rumours and speculation and had signed a 7 year deal, tying him to Greater Western Sydney until 2027.
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Herman "Flying Dutchman" Everhardus (September 11, 1912 - July 1980) was an American football player who played halfback for the University of Michigan teams from 1931 to 1933. He was an All-Big Ten halfback who led the conference in scoring in 1933. In his junior and senior seasons at Michigan, he led the team to two consecutive undefeated seasons and national championships. While playing football at Michigan, Everhardus was a teammate and fraternity brother of future U.S. President Gerald Ford.
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After one or two years at Phillips, Cappon returned to his home state and enrolled at the University of Michigan. Cappon became a star athlete in both football and basketball at Michigan. He played seven games at left end for the 1920 Michigan football team, and was named to Walter Eckersall's All- Western team at the end of the 1920 season. In 1921, Cappon played four games at left tackle, one game at left halfback, and two at right halfback.
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Originally he was not allowed to run forward of the line of scrimmage: The quarterback in this context was often called the "blocking back" as their duties usually involved blocking after the initial handoff. The "fullback" was the furthest back behind the line of scrimmage. The "halfback" was halfway between the fullback and the line of scrimmage, and the "quarter-back" was halfway between the halfback and the line of scrimmage. Hence, he was called a "quarter-back" by Walter Camp.
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Michigan's honorees were halfback Chuck Ortmann, fullback Don Dufek, and tackle Robert Wahl. Illinois compiled a 7–2 record and a #13 ranking in the final AP Poll and had four players selected as first-team honorees. The Illinois first-team honorees were halfback Dick Raklovits, end Tony Klimek, center Bill Vohaska and guard Chuck Brown. Ohio State compiled a 6–3 record and a #14 ranking in the final AP Poll and placed four players on the first team.
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Condit Woodhull Dibble (October 23, 1876 – September 14, 1948) was an American football player and coach. He starred in football as a halfback at Lawrenceville School, a prep school in New Jersey, and briefly for Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was also the head coach of the 1897 Buffalo football team. When he entered Lawrenceville he became one of the school's all-time football heroes because of his speed and prowess as a halfback that won him the name of "Flash" Dibble.
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He played college football at the halfback position for the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1923 to 1925. He stood 6 feet, 1 inch, weighed 165 pounds, and wore number 15. As a senior in 1925, Flournoy led Tulane to an undefeated season and led the nation in scoring with 128 points. At the end of the 1925 season, he was selected by Billy Evans and Norman E. Brown as a first-team halfback on their 1925 College Football All-America Teams.
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In the first quarter, Maryland halfback Howard Dare fumbled and North Carolina linebacker Jack Lineberger recovered the ball on the Terrapins' 44-yard line. North Carolina was subsequently forced to punt, but recovered it at the Maryland 35. On the ensuing possession, Tar Heel halfback Daley Goff rushed 11 yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter, Maryland gained excellent field position when Goff received a bad punt snap and the Terps took over on the Carolina 38-yard line.
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The 1917 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team represented the Great Lakes Naval Station, the United States Navy's boot camp located near North Chicago, Illinois, during the 1917 college football season. Led by head coach, Lieutenant E. D. Angell, the team compiled a 4–3 record. Several former Michigan Wolverines played for the Great Lakes team, including fullback Cedric "Pat" Smith, guards Albert Benbrook and Alvin Loucks, and halfback Philip Raymond. Minnesota native Hal Erickson also starred at halfback for Great Lakes.
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Donald Adams Greenwood ( – ) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a fullback and halfback for three seasons with the Cleveland Rams and Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Greenwood played college football at the University of Missouri and the University of Illinois, where he starred as a halfback, punter and quarterback. His first year in professional football was with the NFL's Rams in 1945, when the team won the NFL championship.
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Harvard did not play Princeton (11–1–1) during the 1890 season. Five Harvard players were selected by Caspar Whitney to the 1890 All-America college football team: quarterback Dudley Dean; halfback John J. Corbett; end Frank Hallowell; center John Cranston; and tackle Marshall Newell. Other players included end and team captain Arthur Cumnock, halfback James P. Lee, Herb Alward, Hiland Orlando Stickney, Bernard Trafford, and tackle Joshua Damon Upton. George A. Stewart and George C. Adams were the team's coaches.
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The 1932 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference during the 1932 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Babe Hollingbery, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record (5–1–1 in PCC, runner-up), shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents 130 to 28. Halfback George Sander of Spokane was selected by the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), and Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a first-team player on the All-Coast team. Out of North Central High School, Sander was also selected by the AP and NEA as a second-team halfback, and by the UP as a third-team halfback, on the All-America team.
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The 1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team represented Great Lakes Naval Training Station during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 9–2–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 348 to 134, and was ranked No. 17 in the final AP Poll. In April 1944, Paul Brown, who coached at Ohio State before the war, was commissioned as a lieutenant and assigned to coach the Great Lakes football team. The players on the 1944 Great Lakes team included backs Jim Youel (quarterback, Iowa), Eddie Saenz (left halfback, USC), Chuck Avery (right halfback, Minnesota), Jim Mello (fullback, Notre Dame), Don Lesher (halfback), Don Manglold (Indiana), Bob Hanlon, and Ara Parseghian (Miami (OH)), ends Cecil Souders and George Young (Georgia), and linemen Pete Krivonak (guard), Jesse Hahn (guard), and Carmen Izzo (center).
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Halfback Joe Hernandez, fullback Wayne Pitts, and guards Noble Riggs and Albert Sanserino each earned All-Border Conference honors for the 1939 football season. Fullback Wayne Pitts earned Little All-America second-team honors.
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Retrieved June 5, 2010. He attended Miami Edison Senior High School in Miami,databaseFootball.com, Players, Jackie Simpson . Retrieved June 5, 2010. and he was a standout high school football halfback for the Edison Raiders.
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While contract has been torn at the signature line, it is believed that the first contracted player was Grant Dibert who played halfback and was a member of the Pittsburgh A. C. since 1890.
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Through one half, that prediction looked accurate. Washington's star halfback George Wilson intercepted a pass in the first quarter and then led his team 63 yards for a touchdown and a 6–0 lead.
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Three more were selected by three selectors: Washington Redskins halfback Cliff Battles (NFL, INS, NYDN); Green Bay Packers end Don Hutson (INS, CE, NYDN); and New York Giants center Mel Hein (NFL, INS, NYDN).
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Francis Myburg (20 July 1871 – 30 November 1929) was a South African international rugby union player who played as a halfback. He made 1 appearance for South Africa against the British Lions in 1896.
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Allan Beswicks (7 September 1872 – 23 February 1953) was a South African international rugby union player who played as a Halfback. He made 1 appearance for South Africa against the British Lions in 1896.
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Concannon attended Matignon High School, where he practiced football, baseball, and basketball. He accepted a football scholarship from Boston College. He also was a pitcher for the baseball team. He played halfback and quarterback.
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He was part of 4 Grey Cup winning teams (1958, 1959, 1961 and 1962). He especially played an important part in the 49th Grey Cup of 1961 in replacing the starting halfback, Ray Jauch.
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John Robbins Foster (October 15, 1886 – September 3, 1948) was a halfback in the National Football League. He played two seasons with the Racine Legion before playing his final season with the Milwaukee Badgers.
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Bill Alexander (born June 12, 1924) is a former Canadian football halfback who played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He played nine games for the Stampeders from 1946 to 1947.
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George Alexander (born c. 1918) is a former Canadian football halfback who played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He played in all 16 regular season games from 1946 to 1947.
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Elliott Ormsbee (September 19, 1921 – December 12, 2010) was an American football halfback. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1946. He died on December 12, 2010, in Hot Springs, Arkansas at age 89.
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Paul Shoults (October 9, 1925 – August 20, 2011) was an American football halfback. He played for the New York Bulldogs in 1949. He died on August 20, 2011, in Granger, Indiana at age 85.
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Brooks became the Wests Tigers regular halfback for the 2014 season. He played in 21 matches, scoring 6 tries and kicking 1 field goal. He was named 2014 Dally M Rookie of the Year.
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John Thomas Dumbell (1859 – 31 December 1936) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A utility, who played as a halfback, wing and forward, he was a member of the first national team in 1884.
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Bradford James Myers (born February 14, 1929) is a former American football halfback who played for the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Bucknell University, having previously attended Mercersburg Academy.
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In the absence of regular halfback Luke Brooks, Littlejohn made his debut for Wests Tigers in round 1 against the New Zealand Warriors. He mad 2 more similar appearances towards the end of the season.
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Tom Neumann was a player in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots in 1963 as a halfback. He played at the collegiate level at Northern Michigan University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Jack Goodrich was an attorney from Massillon, Ohio, who became the first manager of the Massillon Tigers of the Ohio League. Outside of his managerial duties, Goodrich also played halfback for the team in 1903.
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Kaufman played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years(1918–1924). A halfback 'Sandy' was a member of Easts 4th premiership winning side in 1923. In the 1919 season, Kaufman represented New South Wales.
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Three players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors from the AP: halfback Jesse Freitas and end Alyn Beals from the Santa Clara Broncos and tackle John Sanchez from the San Francisco Dons.
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Kayne Hammington (born 24 September 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the in the international Super Rugby competition.
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A native of Seneca Falls, New York, Valesente attended Ithaca College in the early 1960s, where he played football as a halfback and defensive back. He was also an All-American baseball player at Ithaca.
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Three Colorado Agricultural players were named to the first team: Houser at halfback; Bain at guard; and Weigle at tackle. Between them, Colorado and Colorado Agricultural accounted for seven of the eleven first-team selections.
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At Penn, he played halfback on the football team for three years. He married Fleurette de Benneville Keim Myers, daughter of Leonard Myers, a former Congressman, in 1890.Warwick, p. 398. They had two sons.
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Waisale Vatuvoka (born 10 November 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays in the halfback position for his club, Highlanders and is also a member of the 2010 Fiji Warriors.
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Long George Devenish (11 May 1871 – 1 February 1943) was a South African international rugby union player who played as a halfback. He made 1 appearance for South Africa against the British Lions in 1896.
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Richard H. Lackman (September 20, 1910 – March 12, 1990) was an American football halfback who played three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He attended Germantown High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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After joining the league, manager Chris O'Brien signed halfback John "Paddy" Driscoll for $3,000. One of Driscoll's young running backs was Ralph Horween, who previously played under the name of B. McMahon at Harvard University.
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Key players included halfback Bunny Gross who was called "one of the fastest foootball players who ever donned a uniform at Bradley." Fullback Golden Babcock was the team captain. Leo Johnson was the assistant coach.
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He played all three matches as halfback or forward. At the 1952 Olympic hockey tournament he played in the only match for Switzerland as forward when they were eliminated against Austria in the first round.
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Halfback Ron Johnson scored nine touchdowns on running plays to top the NFL, and his 1,182 rushing yards broke the Giants' single- season record. This was the last winning season for the Giants until 1981.
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Charles Ronald "Choo-Choo" Justice (May 18, 1924 – October 17, 2003) was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Herbert Henry "Hub" Huebel (November 21, 1889 – November 6, 1950) was an American football player, coach, and official. He played at the halfback and quarterback positions for the University of Michigan in 1911 and 1912.
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Sam Nock (born 18 June 1996) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the in the international Super Rugby competition.
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Augustine Pulu (born 4 January 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is halfback. He plays for the Blues in Super Rugby and Counties Manukau Steelers in the ITM Cup.
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Three Rice players were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as first-team players on the 1967 All-Southwest Conference football team: offensive tackle Leland Winston; defensive end Jay Collins; and defensive halfback Hugo Hollas.
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ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, pp. 186–188, New York: ESPN Books, 2005, . Future member of the College Football Hall of Fame, halfback Vic Bottari, scored the two touchdowns in Cal's Rose Bowl win over Alabama.
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There were accusations that Army played dirty. Against the University of Michigan, Wolverine’s halfback Chuck Ortmann was knocked unconscious. The accusation was that Army player Gil Stephenson kicked him.When Pride Still Mattered, David Maraniss, p.
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John Arthur Call (born July 30, 1935) is a former American football halfback who played for the Baltimore Colts and Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Colgate University, having previously attended Cortland High School.
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Harry Raymond Mattos (April 7, 1911 – February 5, 1992), nicknamed "The Horse" or "The Toe", was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Rams.
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Bethea, the son of a Georgia farmer, enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played at the halfback position for coach Charlie Bachman's Florida Gators football team from 1928 to 1930.
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Murphy played football, basketball, and baseball at Yale University. He was a halfback in football, a guard in basketball, and a center fielder in baseball. Murphy was a nephew of Mike Murphy and Yale Murphy.
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James Francis Wulff (March 22, 1936 - February 19, 2000) was an American football defensive back and halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Michigan State University.
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Ole Mauer played with the Heralds starting in 1906. He was later remembered in a 1966 column by Joe Falls as "the first left halfback on the first professional football team to play in Detroit".
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Strupper started around left end, then cut back into the center of the field, away from his blockers. He juked and eluded "every man on the Auburn team." On the last move Strupper faked right and then dove left underneath the outstretched arms of Baby Taylor into the endzone. The starting lineup against Auburn: Taylor (left end), Wynne (left tackle), Campbell (left guard), Robinson (center), Frickey (right guard), Sample (right tackle), Bonner (right end), Caughman (quarter), Ducote (left halfback), Prendergast (right halfback), Steed (fullback).
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Lolohea finished the season with 23 matches, 11 tries and 13 goals, while mid-season his contract was extended until the end of 2018. Lolohea was selected in the final 23-man squad for the New Zealand Kiwis' tour of Great Britain. After injuries to Kieran Foran and Shaun Johnson, the Kiwis were forced to search for a new halves pairing. Lolohea had recently been playing in the halfback role for the Warriors so he was chosen by Kearney to play at halfback with Peta Hiku.
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Referee Wilson had penalised Blues halfback Steve Mortimer for a second-row scrum feed 10 metres out from the Maroons try line. In a complete foul up, Wilson had somehow penalised the wrong man as it was actually Qld halfback Mark Murray who had fed the scrum! When Motrimer protested his innocence, Wilson then marched the Blues 10 metres downfield for backchat. It was at the end of the following set of tackles where Lewis put in his kick leading to the Blues fateful fumble.
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Jacob Rauluni is a former International Rugby Union player who comes from a family of international halfbacks. His father, Taito, played halfback for Fiji, as did his brother Mosese and his first cousin Waisale Serevi, who also started his career at halfback. Rauluni played for the Queensland Reds from 1995 to 2002 and he played for Fiji from 1995 to 2006. He had an extended spell playing rugby in the UK, and is best known for helping Rotherham Titans win promotion to the Premiership.
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Retrieved August 30, 2010. The Gators led the nation in scoring with 336 points, and were remembered by many sports commentators as the best Florida football team until at least the 1960s. The large scores were mostly due to its "Phantom Four" backfield which included: quarterback Clyde Crabtree, halfbacks Carl Brumbaugh and Royce Goodbread, and fullback Rainey Cawthon. Other backs who were key contributors included: captain Goof Bowyer, sophomore halfback Lee Roy "Red" Bethea, alternate-captain and halfback Tommy Owens, and fullback Ed Sauls.
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The team lost 26 straight games from 1942 through 1948 (the 1944 and 1945 seasons were cancelled due to World War II). In the last game of the 1948 season, the team beat Grove City, 7–0, on a 51-yard touchdown run by freshman halfback John Luchok. The team improved over the next six years, culminating in the first undefeated season in school history in 1954. That team was led by quarterback Guy Carricato, halfback Eddy Miller and end Chuck Luchok, John Luchok's younger brother.
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During the 2005 College Football season, Thomas saw action chiefly on special teams (in all 12 games) and also as a reserve halfback (in 10 games). As halfback he rushed 63 times for 248 yards with a total of five touchdowns. On special teams, he made a total of 132 appearances throughout the season with seven tackles. In 2006, he was moved to the position of linebacker because of his speed and physicality with Coach Charlie Weis's blessing and was appointed captain of special teams.
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To open the 1904 season, Alabama defeated Florida Agricultural College 29–0 at Tuscaloosa. In the game, Alabama touchdowns were scored by William LaFayette Ward (2), Chamberlain, Auxford Burks and Frank Clark.1904 Season Recap The starting lineup was: J. V. Boyles (left end), C. P. Butcher (left tackle), Harvey Sartain (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Guy Redden (right guard), Gates (right tackle), George Spigener Wilcox (right end), R. R. Cummings (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), Floy Hall (right halfback), William LaFayette Ward (fullback).
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Rodley started playing rugby at the age of five for the East Coast Bays rugby club. The move to the Marist Rugby club in 2006 saw his rugby career take off. Rodley was selected as the second halfback/scrumhalf for the North Harbour NPC Air New Zealand Cup team in 2006, but it wasn't long before he was the starting halfback. The North Harbour Rugby Union NPC team won the Ranfurly Shield in 2006 for the first time in North Harbours history against Canterbury.
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Robert John Nussbaumer (April 23, 1924 – July 26, 1997) was an American football halfback and end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, and the Chicago Cardinals. He played college football at the University of Michigan as a left halfback from 1943 to 1945 and served in the United States Marine Corps in 1945. He was drafted in the third round of the 1946 NFL Draft. After his playing career ended, he served as an assistant coach in the NFL.
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Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii,"Former OSU Halfback Dies," Corvallis [OR] Gazette-Times, April 30, 2013; pg. B1. Francis attended Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu and starred in football and graduated in 1954. Francis played college football in the Pacific Coast Conference at Oregon State College in Corvallis, where he was a left halfback from 1954 to 1957 for head coaches Kip Taylor and Tommy Prothro. As a junior in 1956, Francis led the Beavers to the Rose Bowl, where they lost to Iowa, 35–19.
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The Devine brothers became starters on the 1919 Iowa Hawkeyes football team with Aubrey at left halfback and Glenn at right halfback, becoming known for his "deceptive speed" and his ability to pass with precision while running. Brother Glenn was credited with helping pave the way for Aubrey with his blocking. Aubrey also played defensive back, punter, kicker, punt returner, and kick returner. He was considered a triple-threat man who AP sports editor Harry Grayson described as follows > Aubrey A. Devine did everything superlatively.
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In July 1944, he joined the Trojans as a 17-year- old freshman halfback. He played the 1944 season under his birth name, Don Burnside. In the 1944 season opener against UCLA, Doll had an immediate impact. He played halfback on both offense and defense (the norm in 1944), intercepting a Bob Waterfield pass and returning it 16 yards to the UCLA 22-yard line. On the next play, the Trojans again gave the ball to Doll who ran 20 yards to the 2-yard line.
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Sources: In a driving rain at McGee Field, "where each 5-yard line was a miniature stream", Sewanee beat the Tennessee Volunteers 46–0. Diddy Seibels led the scoring with three touchdowns. "Touchdown followed touchdown, until Sewanee finally stopped scoring from sheer exhaustion" to quote The Sewanee Purple. The starting lineup was: Sims (left end), Jones (left tackle), Keyes (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), K. Smith (right tackle), Pearce (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Seibels (right halfback), and Simkins (fullback).
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The starting lineup in the Texas game was: H. D. Moore (right end); Campbell (right tackle); Braswell (right guard); James (center rush); Rogers (left guard); Kobel (left tackle); Mook (left end); Lindsay (quarterback); McDaniel (right halfback); Hayden (left halfback); and Ward (fullback). Professor John C. Futrall was the team's 21-year-old "manager". At the beginning of his tenure, Futrall was a recent graduate of the school. He later served as the university's president for 25 years from 1894 until his death in 1939.
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The starting lineup was Klotz (left end), Shull (left tackle), Cromartie (left guard), Cunningham (center), Phifer (right guard), Bennett (Right tackle), Gregoy (right end), Rodgers (quarterback), Austin (left halfback), McRae (right halfback), Graves (fullback). After defeating John Heisman's Auburn Tigers 29–0, UNC beat rival Virginia 6–2, its first win since the first year of the South's Oldest Rivalry. The safety was made just as time called, and Howell scored for UNC. In 1899, UNC played eleven games with a final record of 7–3–1.
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Moltzen finished the 2011 season, "as one of the form players of the competition," but the departure of Robert Lui saw Moltzen starting 2012 as the Wests Tigers halfback. Coach Tim Sheens said of the move, "With Moltzen and Marshall, we'll have the fastest halves combination in the game. No other team is going to have more speed over 80 metres than that pair." Moltzen lasted just 3 games at halfback, averaging a lowly 35 metres per game in attack and making 5 errors.
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Some reports indicate that he also worked for a time as the sheriff of Socorro County, New Mexico.("William Raymond Morley, ex-sheriff of Socorro County, New Mexico, former halfback of the Columbia College eleven, is again coaching the boys on Morningside Heights for the coming campaign on the gridiron, says the New York World.") Morley subsequently enrolled at Columbia University School of Mines. He played at the halfback and quarterback positions for the Columbia Blue and White football teams in 1899, 1900 and 1901.
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Walter John "Wally" Sieb (May 6, 1899 – January 18, 1974) was a player in the National Football League for the Racine Legion in 1922 as a halfback. He played at the collegiate level at Ripon College.
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Alfred F. Eissler (November 1896 – November 19, 1954) was an American football halfback who played one season in the American Professional Football Association with the Chicago Tigers. He attended Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois.
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Besley at Maryland in 1924 Dr. Arthur Kirkland Besley (November 9, 1902 - September 17, 1994) was an American hospital administrator and college football player. He played as a quarterback and halfback at the University of Maryland.
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Halfback Willard Brown received the team's most outstanding player award. In December 1952, coach Gill became the school's associate athletic director; Jack Petoskey, who had been an assistant coach, became the school's new head football coach.
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Defensive tackle Bob Rowe and halfback Gary Crain were the team captains. For the second consecutive year, Bob Rowe received the team's most outstanding player award. Bill Doolittle was named the MAC coach of the year.
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The Hurricanes rushed 60 times for 314 yards against the ACC's worst rush defense. Halfback Javarris James rushed for 103 yards. The loss dropped the Hurricanes to 5–4 overall and 2–3 in the ACC.
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Hardage was a prominent halfback at two different schools: Auburn and Vanderbilt, and was selected All-Southern every year in which he played. He was inducted into the Morgan County Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Halfback Eddie Jenkins and defensive end Octavus Morgan were selected as the team's most valuable players. In 1974, the Illini compiled a 6–4–1 record and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.
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Retrieved 2010-12-28. His older brother was Vanderbilt halfback Gil Reese. In 331 games over four seasons, Reese posted a .281 batting average (321-for-1142) with 166 runs, 14 home runs and 111 RBI.
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"Stanford Frosh Beats Santa Rosa Gridders, 39 to 0," San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 30, 1928, pg. 39. The next year he moved to the varsity team, playing left halfback for legendary coach Glenn S. "Pop" Warner.
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On October 16, 1958, he signed with the Los Angeles Rams to play as a defensive end. After playing in one game, he was released to make room for halfback Clendon Thomas on October 20, 1958.
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Mitchell David Drummond (born 15 February 1994) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the in the international Super Rugby competition.
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Bryn Desmond Hall (born 3 February 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the in the international Super Rugby competition.
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Chisholm's elder brother, Rick, was a halfback for Manly and Newtown during the 1980s. A nephew, Dane Chisholm, who is the son of Rick, played first-grade for the Melbourne Storm and has represented France internationally.
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John Thomas "Johnny" Gildea (March 9, 1910 – November 20, 1979) was an American football quarterback, punter and halfback who played four seasons in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants.
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Edmund "Eddie" Gillette (born c. 1892) was an American football player and coach. He played halfback and quarterback for the University of Wisconsin and was selected as an All-American at the quarterback position in 1912.
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Iowa State associate athletic director 1986-1989. A native of Olathe, Kansas, Towers attended Kansas State University, where he played football as a halfback and ran track, competing in the half-mile and 400 metres hurdles.
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Tayler Adams (born 24 November 1993) is a hot New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a halfback for the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also represents Southland in the ITM Cup.
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Roy Thompson was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. Thompson played his entire career for North Sydney in the NSWRL competition as a Five-Eighth and also as a halfback.
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Following the 1952 season, he was invited to the Pro Bowl as a backup quarterback for the American Conference. Trippi moved back to offensive halfback for one season and again was invited to the Pro Bowl.
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Donald John Kindt, Sr. (July 2, 1925 – May 5, 2000) was an American defensive back and halfback who played nine seasons from 1947 to 1955 for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League. Kindt played college football for the University of Wisconsin Badgers primarily as a halfback from 1943–1946, missing the 1944 and half of the 1945 season because of World War II. He was the starting halfback for the Badgers for most of his college career. Kindt decided to forgo his senior season at Wisconsin in order to be eligible for the 1947 NFL Draft. He was selected with the last pick of the first round (eleventh overall) by the Bears despite having an history with injuries, and recovering from an off-season knee surgery he suffered while playing a basketball game at Wisconsin.
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The teams from these years became known as Yost's "Point-a- Minute" teams, because their offensive production resulted in an average of at least one point being scored for every minute of play. Five of Michigan's coaches and nine of its players from the Yost era have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The five coaches are Yost, Little, Wieman, Bennie Owen (assistant coach in 1901 who later won acclaim at Oklahoma), and Dan McGugin (assistant coach in 1903 who later won acclaim at Vanderbilt). The players are Neil Snow (end, 1898–1901), Willie Heston (halfback, 1901–1904), Germany Schulz (center, 1904–1905, 1907–1908), Albert Benbrook (guard, 1908–1910), John Maulbetsch (halfback, 1914–1916), Harry Kipke (halfback, 1920–1923), Ernie Vick (center, 1918–1921), Benny Friedman (quarterback, 1924–1926), and Bennie Oosterbaan (end, 1925–1927).
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Craig became the first player in NFL history to both rush and receive more than 1,000 yards in a season. Currently Marshall Faulk is one of the top 20 pass catchers in NFL history. A good example of a dual threat running and pass-catching halfback is LaDainian Tomlinson; in 2003, while with the San Diego Chargers, Tomlinson rushed for 1,645 yards and caught 100 passes for 725 yards, giving him 2,370 total yards from the line of scrimmage, and he became the first NFL player ever to rush for over 1,000 yards and catch 100 passes in a season. Some teams have a halfback who is more skilled at catching short passes than the starting halfback on the team, and/or is better at pass blocking or "picking up the blitz" than that of the other backs.
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Raymond Dyral Mathews (February 26, 1929 – December 20, 2015) was an American football halfback and end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for Clemson University.
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George Henry Walder was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Cornell University, in 1909. Walder was a standout player at Cornell, playing as a halfback, fullback.
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Lachlan Lam (born 25 March 1998) is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who plays as a , halfback and hooker for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. Lam represented PNG at the 2017 World Cup.
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Patterson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 1939 NFL Draft. He played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1939 and returned to the Steelers in 1940. He played quarterback, halfback and punted.
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Four Kent State players were selected as first-team All-MAC players: halfback Bill Asbury, offensive tackle Jon Brooks, defensive back Pat Gucciardo, and offensive guard Ed Musbach.2016 Kent State Football Record Book, pp. D41–D42.
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Alex Burl (August 8, 1931 – December 6, 2009) was an American football halfback. He played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1956. He died of a heart attack on December 6, 2009, in Denver, Colorado at age 78.
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Neely played football at Vanderbilt University from 1920 to 1922 under head coach Dan McGugin. He was captain and halfback of the undefeated 1922 team, and its best passer. Neely belonged to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
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Roberts played both football and basketball for the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. His brother, Floyd Roberts, was called "Little Preacher" and played as a halfback for Tulane next to Don Zimmerman.
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Henry Stanley Shank (February 18, 1892 – March 19, 1962) was an American football Halfback who played one season for the Decatur Staleys of the American Professional Football Association. He played college football at the University of Maryland.
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2, 1924, p3 Later, it turned out that Washington halfback Les Sherman, whose two extra point attempts had tied the game, had played with a broken toe, while fullback Elmer Tesreau had played with a fractured leg.
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In 1894, Richards enrolled at the University of Michigan. While at Michigan, he played college football. He was a halfback for the 1894 Michigan Wolverines football team and a quarterback for the 1895, 1896 and 1897 teams.
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24 Reynolds was drafted by the New York Giants of the National Football League as a halfback . Since Reynolds preferred baseball to football, and felt he could earn more money playing baseball, Reynolds opted not to sign.
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Brickels attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, where he played four sports and was a star halfback on the school's football team. He graduated from Wittenberg in 1930 and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI).
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Fourth quarter Yet another pick by Konz set up the final touchdown of the day, when substitute halfback Chet Hanulak scored from the 10. With Groza's extra point, the final score was reached: Browns 56, Lions 10.
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Floyd Iglehart (January 25, 1934 – September 5, 1987) was an American football halfback. He played for the Los Angeles Rams in 1958. He shot and killed himself on September 5, 1987, in Dallas, Texas at age 53.
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Robert Patrick "Rocky" Bleier (, BLAI-yer, born March 5, 1946) is an American former professional American football player. He was a National Football League (NFL) halfback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968 and from 1970 to 1980.
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Joseph John Kantor, Jr. (born December 17, 1942 in Parma Heights, Ohio) is a former American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame.
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The 1933 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1933 college football season. This was LSU's first season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Halfback Abe Mickal led the team in scoring.
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Eight years later he was a member of the French field hockey team, which finish fourth in the 1936 Olympic tournament. He played all five matches as halfback. He was killed in action during World War II.
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New Zealand halfback Stacey Jones won the George Smith Medal as player of the series against Great Britain. The tour was Freeman's last as head coach. In 2003 Daniel Anderson was named as the new Kiwis coach.
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He also played halfback for the Britannia Football Club. In 1899 the MAAA sponsored the Amateur Boxing Championships of Canada. Christmas entered the competition as a lightweight. On April 24 he defeated Ben Haynes in the semifinals.
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Probably the club's greatest product was former Kiwi's halfback Gary Freeman. Other famous players to play for the Tigers include Sean Hoppe, Jason Lowrie, Gene Ngamu, Paul Rauhihi, Tony Tuimavave and current New Zealand Warrior Kevin Locke.
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Robert Frederick MacLeod (October 15, 1917January 13, 2003Legacy.com Obituary) was an American football halfback. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1977. He played in nine games for the Chicago Bears in 1939.
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James Theodore Koy (born September 15, 1947 in Bellville, Texas) is an American football former tight end for the Buffalo Bills and Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted out of the University of Texas by the Raiders in the 1970 NFL Draft. He was a part of the Longhorns' 1969 National Championship team, playing in the same offensive backfield (halfback) with James Street (quarterback), Steve Worster (fullback) and Jim Bertelsen (halfback). His brother Ernie Koy, Jr. also played with the Longhorns and in the NFL.
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Roehm worked his way into the starting lineup as a halfback in 1914. He started at the right halfback position in Michigan's 1914 games against Case (a 69-0 victory), Mt. Union (a 27-7 victory) and Vanderbilt (a 23-3 victory). He scored two touchdowns in a 69-0 victory over Case which led The New York Times to write that the game brought back "memories of the point-a-minute days." As a senior in 1915, Roehm was moved to the quarterback position and started seven of the team's eight games at quarterback.
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Despite an outstanding Super Rugby campaign, Perenara went back to being the second- choice halfback with Aaron Smith returning to better form. This was made clear in the 2017 Pasifika Challenge against Samoa where Perenara replaced Smith in the 56th minute of the 78-0 win, scoring a try in the 71st minute. Smith started as halfback in all three tests against the British and Irish Lions in 2017, with Perenara coming off the bench as a reserve in those three matches. Perenara lead the Haka in every single test against the Lions.
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A native of New Hampshire, Farnsworth graduated from Classical High School in Lynn, Massachusetts. He subsequently attended the United States Military Academy where he played at the halfback, tackle and guard positions for the Army Black Knights football team from 1899 to 1903. He was selected by Walter Camp as a third-team tackle on his 1900 College Football All-America Team. He was also selected by Caspar Whitney as a second-team All-American at the guard position in 1902 and at the halfback position in 1903.
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49 to a more senior looking no.10, previously donned by Paul Williams, who had been traded to Sydney the previous summer. In his third season, Betheras lacked the opportunities at senior level, playing off halfback and through the midfield when in the senior side. He showcased his capacity as a small forward with two goals in the Anzac Day loss to Essendon in round five, whilst starring across halfback in a big win over the Eagles in round 12, having a huge impact when coming off the bench.
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Bitter after the untimely loss to Mercer and last year's tie with Mississippi A&M;, the Gators unleashed their second win in the state of Alabama when they defeated coach Earl Abell's Mississippi Aggies 27–0 in Montgomery. After a scoreless first quarter, Dick Brown and Spic Stanley led the Gator attack from the backfield. The starting lineup was: Lightsey (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Merrin (right end), Jones (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).
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Dunn was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (45th overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft and by the San Diego Chargers in the third round (24th overall) of the 1964 AFL Draft. The Cowboys drafted him as a safety, but after having problems playing the position in the Chicago College All-Star Game, head coach Tom Landry decided that it would be best to switch him to halfback. As a rookie, he started the last 2 games of the season because of injuries. In 1965, he started 7 games at halfback.
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Before 2,600 fans at Monroe Park at Mobile, the Crimson Tide shutout the Spring Hill Badgers 59–0. In the Game Alabama touchdowns were made by Hubert (3), Barnes (2), Hudson, Baty, Gillis, and Cohen. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Spring Hill to 2–0. The starting lineup was Al Clemens (left end), Bill Buckler (left tackle), Bruce Jones (left guard), Clyde Propst (center), Pete Camp (right guard), Ben E. Compton (right tackle), Hulet Whitaker (right end), Grant Gillis (quarterback), Red Barnes (left halfback), W. S. Oliver (right halfback), Pooley Hubert (fullback).
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Robert George Cowan (January 2, 1923 – January 20, 2004) was an American football halfback who played three seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) between 1947 and 1949. Cowan played for the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Colts. Cowan was a standout track and football athlete at his Fort Wayne, Indiana high school. He attended Indiana University and starred as a halfback for two years, interrupted by service in the Army Air Force during World War II. Cowan joined the Browns in 1947, when the team won the AAFC championship.
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Iowa defeated Notre Dame in 1939, 7–6, in a game that many consider to be Kinnick's signature performance. Iowa's only touchdown was scored when Nile Kinnick switched to right halfback for the first time all season from his usual left halfback spot, and the Notre Dame defense was caught unprepared by the switch. Bill Reichardt, a terrific Iowa fullback who would later be named the Big Ten MVP in 1951, claimed that Al Couppee, Iowa's quarterback, was not in the game on that touchdown play. Reichardt describes the touchdown this way.
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Froggie Morrison Coach John Heisman's backfield used the pre-snap movement of his "jump shift" offense. The team's captain was Froggie Morrison, Tech's first great quarterback. Fullback Tommy Spence was a future World War I casualty, and halfback Wooch Fielder was later a prominent figure in World War II. New halfback Everett Strupper was partially deaf; because of his deafness, he called the signals when he played, instead of the team's quarterback. When "Strupe" tried out for the team, he noticed that the quarterback shouted the signals every time he was to carry the ball.
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The Detroit Free Press wrote that Allerdice was "in a class by himself." Starting left tackle William Edmunds sustained a dislocated left collarbone against Ohio State and missed the next three games. Michigan's lineup against Ohio State (starters listed first) was Rogers and Pattengill (left end), Edmunds (left tackle), Benbrook (left guard), Watkins (center), Smith and Conklin (right guard), Wells and Hines (right tackle), Borleske (right end), Wasmund (quarterback), Freeney and Magidsohn (left halfback), Allerdice (right halfback), and Lawton and Clark (fullback). The game was played in 35-minute halves.
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Kay signed a professional contract at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2012 as a halfback but was mostly played on the wing. He scored 7 tries for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 5 appearances. In 2013 he was sent on dual registration to Doncaster where he played at both halfback but mostly on the wing as he had done at Wakefield. He scored 12 tries in 21 appearances for Doncaster before he returned to Wakefield where a hat-trick of tries against Castleford Tigers in the closing game of the 2013 season.
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The 1933 Colorado Agricultural Aggies football team represented Colorado Agricultural College (now known as Colorado State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1933 college football season. In their 23rd season under head coach Harry W. Hughes, the Aggies compiled a 5–1–1 record, tied for the RMC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 78 to 26. Four Colorado Agricultural players received all-conference honors in 1933: end Glenn Morris, halfback Wilbur (Red) White, halfback Ralph Maag, and quarterback Bud Dammann.2017 Media Guide, p. 174.
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Bill "Binghi" Benson was a pioneer halfback in the early years of the NSWRFL. He played halfback for the Glebe Dirty Reds for ten seasons between 1916-1924. Benson played in the 1922 NSWRL grand final for Glebe against North Sydney which ended in a 35-3 loss at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Benson then switched to St. George for his final season with his Glebe team-mate Frank Burge, and the two of them took St George to the 1927 Final after the club got the wooden spoon the year before.
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In 1985, he joined the Eastern Suburbs Roosters and would spend five seasons with the club. In his first season, he started 23 of his 24 games at halfback. He was the starting halfback throughout the majority of his stint with the Roosters, starting 89 of his 99 games in the position. In 1987, many judges thought Spina would represent Queensland in the 1987 State of Origin series after playing in a State of Origin trial played at Lang Park between a Queensland Residents team and a New South Wales-based Residents team.
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The 1964 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In their 14th season under head coach Kenneth "Bill" Kelly, the Chippewas compiled a 4–5 record (1–3 against IIAC opponents) and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 148 to 117. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Pat Boyd with 607 passing yards, halfback Bruce Wyman with 823 rushing yards, and halfback Jamie Gent with 422 receiving yards.2015 Media Guide, pp. 88–89.
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In a shock move, Bradford managed to acquire the services of current superstar halfback Dane Chisholm for another 2 season despite interest from several other clubs. Meanwhile, prop forward Ross Peltier put pen to paper on a new 2-year deal and young halfback Joe Keyes also signed up for another 2 years. Hooker Vila Halafihi became the 9th player to re-sign with the Bulls after agreeing a new 2-year deal to stay at Odsal. Following this, hooker Scott Moore was released after declining to sign a new contract.
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Frederick Merrill Tibbott (December 11, 1885 – August 20, 1965) was an American football player and novelist. He played college football while attending Princeton University and was a consensus selection at the halfback position on the 1908 College Football All-America Team. Tibbott was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1885, and moved with his family to Philadelphia in 1901. He attended the Germantown Academy, where he was a member of the football, baseball and track teams. He played halfback for the Princeton Tigers football team in 1907 and 1908.
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Steketee also threw a touchdown pass to end Robert Dunne from Ohio State's 12-yard line and kicked two extra points. At the end of the 1918 season, Steketee was selected as a first-team halfback on the 1918 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Even though Steketee played at fullback, Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune picked him as a halfback on the basis of Steketee's passing and kicking talent. He was also selected by Walter Camp as the first-team fullback on the 1918 College Football All- America Team.
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This would be the most celebrated year in Cardinals history as the team went 9–3, beating Philadelphia in the championship game 28–21 with their "Million Dollar Backfield", which included quarterback Paul Christman, halfback Charley Trippi, halfback Elmer Angsman, and fullback Pat Harder, piling up 282 rushing yards. However, Bidwill was not around to see it; he had died before the start of the season, leaving the team to his wife Violet. Prior to the season he had beaten the Chicago Rockets of the upstart All-America Football Conference for the rights to Trippi.
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He played college football at North Carolina in 1926 and 1927, where he was an all-Southern Conference halfback. Young died at the age of 65 on March 12, 1973 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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A native of Ypsilanti, Michigan, Bass played college football as a halfback for the University of Michigan from 1964 to 1966. He also appeared in two games as a special teams player for the Detroit Lions in 1967.
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Key players included: halfback Jack Banta who played for the Washington Redskins in 1941; fullback Paul Spencer of Alabama; Johnny Doolan of Georgetown; end Paul Boroff of NYU; Brud Harper of Princeton; and Francis Vedery of Williams College.
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Halfback J. A. Head made another touchdown, but Bridges missed the try. M. O. Bridges After halftime, Clemson quarterback John Maxwell raced 100 yards for a touchdown. Clemson missed the try. Cumberland fumbled a punt and Clemson recovered.
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Perry Jeter (May 17, 1931 – May 18, 2019) was an American football halfback. He played for the Chicago Bears from 1956 to 1957. He died of Alzheimer's disease on May 18, 2019, in Steubenville, Ohio at age 88.
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Jack Larscheid (May 10, 1933 - February 5, 1980) was a player in the American Football League for the Oakland Raiders in 1960 and 1961 as a halfback. He played at the collegiate level at University of the Pacific.
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Steve Worster (born 1949) is a former American football player. Following an outstanding prep career, he played halfback at the University of Texas under coach Darrell Royal. Worster was one of the original participants in the wishbone formation.
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Bercich attended Argo Community High School, before moving on to Michigan State University. As a sophomore, he was moved between halfback and fullback. He became a starter at fullback as a junior and split time with Park Baker.
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A halfback, typically a back-up, can also play upback, which is a blocking back who lines up approximately 1–3 yards behind the line of scrimmage in punting situations and usually receive snaps on a fake punt.
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Fred Beardsworth (1899 – 10 October 1964) was an English association football halfback who played in the Southern New England Soccer League and the National Association Football League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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Henry Bell was an American professional football player. A halfback, he played football at Valdosta, Georgia, High School, and did not play college football. Professionally, he played for the Denver Broncos of the American Football League in 1960.
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Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (born 2 December 1991) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a halfback. He made his debut in the Indian team in 2012, and plays for Dabang Mumbai in the Hockey India League.
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Three Wolverines, Ralph Heikkinen, halfback Tom Harmon and quarterback Forest Evashevski, were selected as first-team players on the 1938 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Senior tackle Fred Janke was the captain of the 1938 Michigan team.
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In 1916, Dick Jemison picked Bill Folger out of North Carolina as a halfback for his All-Southern team. Jemison said had he constrained his selections to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Wortham would have taken his spot.
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He was shifted from halfback to end in 1913, playing opposite Robbie Robinson. Donahue's 7-Box or 7-2-2 defensive scheme required fast ends which could disrupt a play from the start; a role filled by Kearley.
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With 30 seconds remaining, Tigers' halfback Dane Campbell put in a chip kick for winger Steve Beattie, who burst through two Burleigh defenders to score. Campbell then converted from out wide to send the game into extra time.
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Marsh attended Wallowa High School, where he practiced track and football. He played as a halfback in football. He accepted a track scholarship from Oregon State, where he ran in the sprint medley relay and the high hurdles.
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Augustin Chantrel (November 11, 1906 – September 4, 1956)Birth date given according to the source Fussballdaten.de was a French former football (soccer) halfback. He played for several local clubs and at the 1930 World Cup and an Olympian.
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Halfback Walter Beach received the team's most valuable player award for the second consecutive year.2015 Media Guide, p. 95. No Central Michigan players received first-team honors on the All-IIAC team.2015 Media Guide, p. 96.
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Hugh Harold "Duke" Gallarneau (April 2, 1917 – July 14, 1999) was an NFL halfback from 1941 to 1942 and 1945 to 1947 for the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Stanford, where he was an All-American.
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Bernie Christian Halstrom (April 18, 1895 – September 15, 1951) was an American football halfback who played two seasons for the Chicago Cardinals. He played college football at the University of Illinois for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team.
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Four Mississippi A&M; players were selected by the Daily Clarion-Ledger as first-team players on its 1925 All-Mississippi football team: Meeks at quarterback; Clark at right halfback; Stone at left end; and Jones at center.
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Hogarty spent one season playing for the Dayton Triangles of the Ohio League in 1918. He played both quarterback and halfback. In October of 1918, he accepted a position as athletic director at Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.
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The game was the first for Clyde B. Smith as Indiana's head coach. Indiana halfback George Taliaferro scored three touchdowns and played 51 minutes. Michigan 13, Michigan State 7. Michigan defeated Michigan State, 13–7, in East Lansing.
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James Edward Pace (January 1, 1936 - March 4, 1983) was an American running back in the National Football League. He was also an All-American halfback who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines teams from 1955 to 1957.
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Caspar Whitney of Outing magazine named two Wisconsin players, tackle Art Curtis and halfback Al "Norsky" Larson, as second-team players on his 1901 College Football All-America Team. Eddie Cochems and William Juneau also played on the team.
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2016 Fact Book, p. 181. End Fred Benz was the team captain.2016 Fact Book, p. 185. Benz and halfback Bill Schmitz were selected as second-team All-Big Ten players by the Associated Press and United Press, respectively.
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Gerald Stanley Krall (April 19, 1927 – June 2, 2019) was an American football halfback and defensive back who played for the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Ohio State University, having previously attended Edward D. Libbey High School.
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The 1939 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. The team, nicknamed the Ironmen, was coached by Eddie Anderson and was led on the field by halfback Nile Kinnick.
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Five Kent State players were selected as first-team All-MAC players: defensive end Don Abbott, offensive guard Jon Brooks, halfback Don Fitzgerald, defensive back Lou Harris, and linebacker Bill Landis.2016 Kent State Football Record Book, p. D42.
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Adrian Van Vinceler Van de Graaff (September 6, 1891 – March 14, 1936) was an American college football player and coach. He played halfback for the Alabama Crimson Tide football of the University of Alabama. After football, he practiced law.
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Lamb attended McCormick High School where he was a three-sport athlete. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of South Carolina, where he played wingback and halfback. He also received All-Conference honors as a baseball player.
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James Alexander Dewar Jr. (June 17, 1922 – June 30, 1989) was an American football halfback who played two seasons in the All-America Football Conference. Dewar played for the Cleveland Browns in 1947 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948.
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The Green Bay Packers used him as a reserve halfback for 4 seasons. He led the team in rushing in 1957 with 100 carries for 384 yards and was fifth in the league in kickoff return average (25.9 yards).
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The 1936 NFL Draft, the first ever draft held by the NFL, was held on February 8, 1936 at Philadelphia's Ritz-Carlton Hotel. With the first pick, the Philadelphia Eagles selected halfback Jay Berwanger from the University of Chicago.
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On the first day of practice at TCU, Harrell – a high school quarterback – watched Sammy Baugh work out, and immediately chose to compete for the halfback position instead. He was a three-time letterman in 1935, 1937 and 1938.
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Alexander "Red" Webster (April 19, 1931 – March 3, 2012) was an American football fullback and halfback in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was also the head coach of the Giants from 1969 to 1973.
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Lacewell was a native of Fordyce, Arkansas. He attended Fordyce High School, where he played halfback. He accepted a football scholarship from Arkansas A&M; College. As a junior, he was named second-team All-AIC at running back.
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Robert C. Monnett (February 27, 1910 – August 2, 1978) was a professional American football player who played halfback for six seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Smith and Canton played in the "Ohio League", which was the direct predecessor to the National Football League. Smith played halfback for the Bulldogs in 1906 when a betting scandal involving Canton and their rival, the Massillon Tigers, arose.
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Purucker enrolled at the University of Michigan and played at the halfback and punter positions for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1936 to 1938. He was also a sprinter on the Michigan track team in 1938 and 1939.
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Horace Erastus Bemis (November 30, 1868 - April 1, 1914) was a college football player and lumber dealer. Bemis was a prominent halfback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team. On the inaugural 1890 team, he provided most of the offense.
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Donelli, who played college football at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a halfback and punter. He went on to coach Duquesne University, Columbia University, Boston University, and the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Rams of the National Football League.
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Kylem Francis Te Riri O'Donnell (born 1 August 1989) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup. He is also a former All Blacks Sevens representative.
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Sosefo Ma'ake (born 15 September 1991, Tonga) is a rugby union footballer. He plays internationally for Tonga and competed at the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup. He plays as a Halfback. Ma'ake was named in Tonga's 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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At the time they snap the ball, the team is required to have seven players (minus any number their side is playing short in Canadian football) on their line of scrimmage, which includes split or tight ends, but not flankers or wingbacks. Meanwhile, the distinction between fullback and halfback was erased, each replaced by "running back" (RB). That term became popular during the 1960s as well, although even into the 1970s, some playing the pro set kept the HB-FB distinction. So, for instance, in the flank formation shown above, those positions were named as in the straight T, while in the "split" version of the deuce backfield, the fullback occupied the other halfback position shown in the straight T. The distinction referred to the build of the players, the fullback being a stronger runner more or less straight ahead, and the halfback faster to attack the defense's flanks.
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Iowa's inability to establish a run game closed up Iowa's potential for play-action passing, which had been Beathard's bread and butter all season. Jordan Canzeri, Iowa's power halfback, was unable to churn significant yardage, and 3rd-team halfback Akrum Wadley (who had a 200-yard game at Northwestern, when Daniels and Canzeri were both injured) split ballcarrying duties with Daniels in the second half. Iowa's halfbacks, their biggest threat all season, were overall unable to garner any significant yardage on the ground; Derek Mitchell, Jr., Iowa's 4th-team halfback, saw significant action lining up in the backfield and caught 4 passes for 41 yards, and Wadley also contributed to the pass game by catching 3 for 60. Stanford shut Iowa out in the first half 35–0, with Stanford's 35 points the most scored in the first half of a Rose Bowl in its entire 102-year history.
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John M. Regeczi (July 19, 1912 - July 16, 2003) was an American football player. He played at the fullback, halfback positions for the University of Michigan teams from 1932 to 1934, including the undefeated national championship teams of 1932 and 1933.
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John Jankans was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 3, 1932. He attended Reading High School, where he played football under head coach Andy Stopper. His main position was left tackle. The right halfback on the team was Lenny Moore.
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The 1943 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1943 college football season. LSU did not celebrate a homecoming game in 1943 due to World War II. Halfback Steve Van Buren led the nation in scoring.
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His six passing touchdowns are the third highest total by a running back in NFL history. Byars 610 receptions are the 2nd most catches by a fullback and 4th most by a halfback/fullback/running back in NFL history of 2018.
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However, after he was injured in Round 10, New Zealand halfback Stacey Jones regained the half back role, and upon returning to the side Alexander was moved to the fullback position - where he would remain for most of the remaining season.
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Harry Vincent Gilmer Jr. (April 14, 1926 – August 20, 2016) was an American football halfback and quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Halfback Norris Steverson earned Associated Press (AP) All-American honorable mention honors for the 1931 football season.2007 Media Guide, p. 159. Steverson, right guard Paul Griffin, and left end Dick Wilburn earned All-Southern Conference honors for the 1931 campaign.
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In 1980, he was switched from fullback to halfback in training camp. He was released on September first. During his time with the Cowboys he was a backup fullback and kickoff returner, including Super Bowl XII and Super Bowl XIII.
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Lindsay James Townsend (3 March 1934 – 2 June 2020) was a New Zealand international rugby player. He was a member of the All Blacks in 1955, playing in the halfback position.Ron Palenski (2007) The All Blackography, Hodder Moa. p. 488.
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They were coached by former North Sydney Bears halfback Paul McCaffery. On 3 April 2020, the Carnival was cancelled for the first time in its history due to COVID-19. The competition was set to take place at Brisbane's Iona College.
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The 1939 Vols were also the last team in NCAA history to go undefeated, untied, and unscored upon in the regular season. Tennessee had two All-American performers that year: George Cafego, a single- wing halfback, and Ed Molinski, a guard.
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Paul Thomas "Butterball" Scull, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – December 11, 1997) was an American football player. Considered a triple-threat man while playing for Penn from 1926 to 1928, he was a consensus first-team All-American halfback in 1928.
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Fritz Malholmes Furtick (July 15, 1882 - May 5, 1962)U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Saline; Roll: 1643837. was an American football halfback for the Clemson Tigers of Clemson University.
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Paul Lansing Veeder (June 5, 1884 – March 10, 1942) was an All-American football player for Yale University. Veeder played halfback, fullback, quarterback and punter for the Yale Bulldogs from 1904–1906 and was selected as an All-American in 1906.
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Dorney played halfback for James Cook University and later the Brisbane Wests Rugby. Dorney was a member of the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team in 1975 and 1976 including serving as its captain in his last game in 1976.
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It worked and Hawks was able to parlay a series of pleasure flights. After enrolling at the University of California where he played halfback on the freshman football team, Hawks enlisted in 1917 when war was declared.Fraser 1979, p. 208.
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The 1957 NFL Draft was held on November 26, 1956 and January 31, 1957 at Philadelphia's Warwick Hotel and The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. With the first pick, the Green Bay Packers selected halfback Paul Hornung from the University of Notre Dame.
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Occasionally, they line up as additional wide receivers. When not running or catching the ball, the primary responsibility of a halfback is to aid the offensive linemen in blocking, either to protect the quarterback or another player carrying the football.
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The only two unanimous All-Americans in 1925 were tackle Ed Weir of Nebraska and halfback Andy Oberlander of Dartmouth. Red Grange of Illinois and Bennie Oosterbaan of Michigan each received first-team designations from seven of the eight official selectors.
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Three Lafayette players received recognition on the 1897 College Football All-America Team. They are: guard Charles Rinehart (Walter Camp, 2nd team, Outing magazine, 1st team); halfback George B. Walbridge (Camp, 3rd team); and fullback Edward G. Bray (Outing, 2nd team).
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Raymond Keith "R.J." Bowers (born February 10, 1974) is a former professional American football player in the National Football League. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He played halfback and fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns from 2001-2003.
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David Arthur Overstreet (September 20, 1958 – June 24, 1984) was a running back in the Canadian Football League and National Football League. He played for coach Barry Switzer and the Oklahoma Sooners as a halfback out of the wishbone offense.
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Clarence Leonard "Tuffy" Thompson (September 28, 1914 - February 5, 2000) was a halfback who played in the National Football League. He played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates before becoming a member of the Green Bay Packers during his final season.
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2016 Football Guide, p. 140. The team's statistical leaders included halfback Bob Fenimore with 1,048 rushing yards, 593 passing yards, 72 points scored, and seven interceptions, and end Neill Armstrong with 312 receiving yards.2016 Football Guide, pp. 168, 170.
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Phillips attended Spiro High School. He played as a halfback and received All-state honors as a senior. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Tulsa. He was converted into a wide receiver and played on run oriented offenses.
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Aribert Heymann (9 December 1898 - 1946) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played one match as halfback.
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Sayed Mohamed Yusuf (1895 – December 8, 1979) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played four matches as halfback.
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In 1955, he became the first Georgia Tech football player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Flowers was also selected as a halfback on an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era.
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Four New Mexico players received first-team honors on the 1919 All-Southwest football team selected by Pop McKale for Spalding's Football Guide: Grant Mann at halfback; Dwight McClure at tackle; Glen Rogers at end; and Ben Gerpheide at fullback.
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This is a list of NFL Draft selections by the Indianapolis Colts. The first draft that the current incarnation of the Colts franchise participated in was 1953, in which they made halfback Billy Vessels of Oklahoma their first ever selection.
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Unfortunately the English halfback fractured his tibia in the first few minutes and they were forced to play with 12 for the remainder of the game as the rules at the time did not allow for substitutions of injured players.
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After several positional changes at Manly, Martin moved to Balmain in an effort to consolidate his career at halfback but a series of shoulder injuries kept him from his previous form. In 1983-1984, Martin played for Leeds in England.
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Lacson was part of the collegiate team of the Ateneo de Manila University. He played at the halfback position. He was also part of the Philippine national football team and participated in tournaments such as the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games.
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Charles Vernon Pittman (born January 22, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former professional American football player. He was an All-American halfback at Penn State and played in the NFL for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Baltimore Colts.
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Yet, only one player from a western school, Snow of Michigan, was recognized as a first-team All-American in 1901. Caspar Whitney named two Wisconsin players, tackle Art Curtis and halfback Al "Norsky" Larson, as second-team All- Americans.
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Burton was born in Flint, Michigan. He had a younger sister named Loretta. A Flint Northern High School graduate, he was a Michigan Golden Gloves heavyweight boxing champion and two-time all-state football player. At Northern, he played halfback.
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Keshav Chandra Duttother sources spell his name Datt (born December 29, 1925) is an Indian field hockey player and played as a halfback. He was a part of the team that won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics.
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2016 Football Guide, p. 140. The team's statistical leaders included halfback Ken Roof with 466 rushing yards, Jack Hartman with 1,278 passing yards, Alex Loyd with 657 receiving yards, and Don Van Pool with 36 points scored.2016 Football Guide, pp.
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Mallamada Narendra Ponnamma (born 25 October 1992) is an Indian field hockey player, who plays as a halfback for the Indian national team. She was a part of the team that won bronze at the 2013 Junior World Cup, in Germany.
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James Parrish Lee (June 6, 1870 – September 14, 1941) was an American football player and lawyer. He played college football at Harvard University and was a consensus selection at the halfback position on the 1889 College Football All- America Team.
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Two Trojans received first-team honors from the Associated Press or the United Press (UP) on the 1956 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team: backs C. R. Roberts (AP-1; UP-1 [fullback]) and Jon Arnett, USC (UP-1 [halfback]).
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Tech-Vanderbilt in 1919. In Heisman's final year at Tech, Vanderbilt suffered its only loss on the year in the mud, 20–0 against Georgia Tech. Halfback Buck Flowers and fullback Bill Gaiver starred. Flowers had a 78-yard touchdown run.
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271 in 63 games. During his football career, he played the halfback position. He played with the Racine Legion in the National Football League from 1922 to 1924. He played at total of 28 games, starting in 23 of them.
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Hass attended the University of Minnesota, where he played football as a halfback. Hass earned three varsity letters from 1930 to 1932 and served as team captain.All-Time Letterwinners, 2008 Golden Gopher Football Media Guide, p. 177, University of Minnesota, 2008.
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In his senior season, he received All- American honors as a halfback for the Panthers. Ingalls earned an athletic scholarship to Colorado, but transferred after his first year to Wichita State. His career was ultimately cut short by a neck injury.
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It was Wake Forest's first game of the year. Tech beat the Baptists (the nickname of the team at the time, owing to the school's affiliation with the church) by a score of either 27–0 (the school yearbook, the Bugle) or 25–0 (the Associated Press). The Gobblers ran up a three-touchdown halftime lead, and then scored once in the second half. Tech's starting lineup against UNC: Roden (left end), Rangley (left tackle), Tilson (left guard), Resh (center), Quarles (right guard), Pierce (right tackle), Comper (right end), Bonney (quarterback), Crocker (left halfback), McCann (right halfback), Crisp (fullback).
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As hockey has a very dynamic style of play, it is difficult to simplify positions to the static formations which are common in football. Although positions will typically be categorized as either fullback, halfback, midfield/inner or striker, it is important for players to have an understanding of every position on the field. For example, it is not uncommon to see a halfback overlap and end up in either attacking position, with the midfield and strikers being responsible for re- adjusting to fill the space they left. Movement between lines like this is particularly common across all positions.
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Dwight Chapin and David Bush, Legendary 49ers pioneer and quarterback dies at 82, San Francisco Chronicle, September 5, 2002. In 1943, Shaughnessy wrote that he considered the 1940 Stanford backfield—quarterback Frankie Albert, fullback Norm Standlee, right halfback Hugh Gallarneau, and left halfback Pete Kmetovic—as the greatest in history. While he believed the Indians backfield was better than any such combination in the single-wing, double-wing, short punt, or box formations, he added the caveat that this held true only in the Stanford players' employment in the T-formation.Arnold Gingrich, Esquire's Second Sports Reader, p.
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In 2008 Goodin was called into the Hurricanes midway through the 2008 Super 14 and flew to South Africa as a replacement for Wellington halfback Alby Mathewson. He was named on the bench for the Hurricanes' third and final match of their South African tour against the Cheetahs in Kimberley and earned his one cap for the side late in that game, as a substitute for Piri Weepu. Goodin was drafted into the Chiefs squad at the tail-end of the 2009 Super 14 season as injury cover. He was confirmed in the Chiefs 22-man playing squad behind starting halfback Toby Morland.
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With Robert Lui leaving the club at the end of 2011, Sironen was considered a possible replacement for the Wests Tigers halfback, along with players Jacob Miller, Tim Moltzen and Tom Humble. Moltzen started the season at halfback, but a number of players filled the position before Benji Marshall moved from five-eighth. Sironen was 18 years old when he made his debut from the bench against the North Queensland Cowboys midway through the 2012 NRL season. The next week he made his first appearance in the starting side, playing at five-eighth and scoring a try.
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Wesley Taylor McAfee (October 20, 1919 – January 26, 1984) was an American football halfback. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) in 1941. With the Eagles, he appeared in eight games, and carried nine times for six yards, caught three passes for 30 yards and a touchdown, completed a four-yard pass, kicked two extra points, punted once for 32 yards, returned three punts for 21 yards, and returned two kickoffs for 64 yards. McAfee played college football for the Duke Blue Devils football team alongside his older brother, future Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback George McAfee.
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Halfback Charles Widman was the team's scoring leader with 12 touchdowns, including a 65-yard touchdown run against Chicago. Center William Cunningham was selected as a first-team All-American by Caspar Whitney in Harper's Weekly – the first Michigan football player to receive first-team All-American honors. Walter Camp selected two Michigan players, Cunningham and tackle Allen Steckle, as second-team All-Americans. Five Wolverines were chosen as first-team players on Caspar Whitney's All-Western team: William Caley at halfback, Cunningham at center, Steckle at tackle, and Neil Snow and John W. F. Bennett at the ends.
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On 4 May 2014, Reynolds was selected to play for NSW City in the City vs Country Origin match, Reynolds played at halfback and kicked 3 goals in the 26-all draw in Dubbo, New South Wales.Toohey, Barry (4 May 2014) Hulking centre Jamal Idris stars in thrilling City-Country draw in Dubbo. The Daily Telegraph On 5 October 2014, in the Rabbitohs 2014 NRL Grand Final against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Reynolds played at halfback, scored a try and kicked 5 from 7 goals in the Rabbitohs 30–6 victory.South Sydney Rabbitohs win 2014 NRL grand final, defeating Canterbury Bulldogs 30–6.
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The name dates back to 1927, when the school boasted one of the fastest football ground attacks in the east, headed by quarterback George Kunzler, captain and right halfback Ed McLister, fullback Alphonse Abels and left halfback Ralph Bruno. Because the team wore predominantly red uniforms, the fans and The Loretto (the student newspaper) dubbed the team "The Red Flashes." The nickname quickly spread, first to the football team and later that same season to the basketball team. Within 15 years, "The Red Flashes" evolved into the present form of "The Red Flash," through the efforts of sports publicist Simon "Cy" Bender.
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Nevertheless, pertinently query the opponents of football, what youth, however well trained, can be a football accident immune, which at stages of the game he is pretty sure to be the pivotal point of a squirming human pyramid weighing 2,000 pounds? If the game cannot be played without such dangerous features as this, they say, and then better strike it from the list of sports. Vanderbilt's starting lineup was Powell (left end), Longhorse (left tackle), Sewell (left guard), Brown (center), Crutchfield (right guard), Martin (right tackle), Simmons (right end), Goodson (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Edgerton (right halfback), Burke (fullback).
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On Plant Field in a drizzling rain, Florida defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 34–0, a surprising score. Fullback Tiny Chaplin was the star of the day; as well as the forward passes of captain Ark Newton, Edgar C. Jones on punt returns, and Cy Williams in the line. Bill Middlekauff was kept out of the lineup due to injures sustained versus Tech. The starting lineup for the Gators against Wake: Lightsey (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Merrin (right end), Jones (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).
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Jones was spotted by the new Auckland Warriors franchise and made his first grade debut in 1995 against the Parramatta Eels in their inaugural year in what is now the National Rugby League (NRL). On 23 April 1995 Jones made his first- grade début in Sydney, coming off bench to score a try in the Warriors' 40–4 win over the Parramatta Eels. The Warriors' halfback Greg Alexander missed Rounds 10 and 11 through injury which resulted in Jones taking over at halfback. Jones played well enough to retain the position and force Alexander to move to fullback upon his return.
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This play is generally referred to as a half-back pass, regardless if the player throwing the football is a tailback or fullback. This play is risky because most halfbacks are inexperienced passers, and so it is often run only by certain halfbacks more skilled at passing than most. The halfback can also throw the ball while running a direct snap play where the center snaps the ball to halfback directly. This has become particular in teams that use the Wildcat formation, most prominently the Miami Dolphins, where running back Ronnie Brown would run, pass, and receive out of this set.
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In all eight games during the 1924 season, the Wolverines played before 340,000 spectators, reported to be "possibly a 1924 attendance record equaled by only Yale." Halfback Herb Steger was the team captain, and left tackle Edliff Slaughter was selected as a first-team All-American. With 77 points, quarterback Tod Rockwell scored almost half of Michigan's 155 points and was the second-leading scorer in the Big Ten Conference, trailing Red Grange by one point. College Football Hall of Fame inductee Benny Friedman also made his debut as a starter for Michigan, playing at the halfback position in 1924.
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The team's sole loss was to Cornell in a game in which halfback Jimmy Craig, quarterback Shorty McMillan, and lineman Miller Pontius were all sidelined with injuries. As the injuries mounted, the Detroit Free Press quipped in late November 1911 that Michigan could claim the world championship of injuries, having had more injuries in 1911 than ever before in the program's history. Only one Michigan player received All-American honors in 1911. Stanfield Wells, who played three games at right end and three at right halfback, was selected as a first-team All- American by The New York Globe and Henry L. Williams.
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George William Hoey (born November 14, 1946) is a former American football defensive back, punt returner and kickoff returner. He played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines (1966-1968) and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Arizona Cardinals (1971), New England Patriots (1972-1973), San Diego Chargers (1974), Denver Broncos (1975), and New York Jets (1975). In high school, Hoey was an All-State halfback. At the University of Michigan, College Football Hall of Fame halfback Ron Johnson was in Hoey's class, and Hoey was therefore used principally as a defensive back.
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A halfback from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Kitzmiller had planned to attend the United States Military Academy and play for coach John McEwan's football team. However, just as Kitzmiller was about to enroll, McEwan was hired as the coach of the University of Oregon Ducks and Kitzmiller followed him to Oregon. At Oregon, Kitzmiller led the team to national prominence, with the team winning 23 of 30 games, including two losses suffered after Kitzmiller broke his leg in the 1929 Civil War. In addition to halfback, Kitzmiller also played defensive back and placekicker, and twice earned all-Pacific Coast Conference honors.
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Chris Ault's "Pistol" formation This offense was originated with Chris Ault at the University of Nevada, Reno. It is essentially a shotgun variation, with the quarterback lined up closer than in standard shotgun (normally 3 to 4 yards behind center), and a running back lined up behind, rather than next to, the QB (normally at 3 to 4 yards behind quarterback). The pistol formation adds the dimension of a running game with the halfback being in a singleback position. This has disrupted the timing of some defenses with the way the quarterback hands the ball off to the halfback.
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The 1941 Rose Poly Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Rose Polytechnic Institute as a member of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its 14th season under head coach Phil Brown, the team compiled a 7–0 record (4–0 against IIC opponents), won the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 229 to 34. Freshman halfback Eddie McGovern scored 103 points (16 touchdowns, 7 extra points) for the season, including 34 points in the final game of the season against . Halfback Harold Bowsher added 55 points.
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Stagg and Murphy were assisted by Lewis Omer and Major Gillesby. Ring Lardner attended Camp Grant's game with Camp Custer and wrote a column describing the spectacle. Three Camp Grant players received recognition on the 1917 All-Service football team selected by Walter Camp for Collier's Weekly: end John Rasmussen, formerly of Nebraska, received first-team honors; halfback Fritz Shiverick, formerly of Cornell, received second-team honors; and tackle Zipper Lathrop, formerly of Notre Dame, received third-team honors from Camp. Other notable players on the Camp Grant team included halfback Nelson Norgren of Chicago and tackle Perry Smith of Harvard.
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Raymond Willard Terrell ( – ) was a professional American football halfback and defensive back who played two seasons for the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Colts in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Terrell attended the University of Mississippi, where he played as a halfback on its football team. He joined the U.S. military in 1942 during World War II, and upon his discharge was signed by the Browns, then a team under formation in the new AAFC. Terrell returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown in the Browns' first game, a team record that stood for 14 years.
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The second 1,000-yard tandem occurred four years later in 1976, when fullback Franco Harris and halfback Rocky Bleier both surpassed 1,000 yards playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fullback Kevin Mack and halfback Earnest Byner became the third 1,000-yard duo, accomplishing the feat during the 1985 Cleveland Browns season. In 2006, halfback Warrick Dunn and quarterback Michael Vick became the fourth duo with 1,000 rushing yards in the same season, and the first NFC team with such a duo. Vick also became the first quarterback to rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season, while Dunn's 1,140 yards are the most by any player in a 1,000-yard duo. Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward of the New York Giants were the fifth duo to accomplish the feat, doing so in 2008. In 2009, Carolina Panthers running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart became the sixth 1,000 yard rushing duo and the first 1,100 yard rushing duo.
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Furthermore, the abolition of the one-platoon system in the 1940s led to a tendency for position names being used on only one side of the ball. The American game, which still held a significant running component (modern American football is more balanced between both running and passing), kept two running backs, which led to the retention of the "halfback" and "fullback" identifications on that side of the ball. In Canadian football, however, passing was (and still is) a greater portion of the game (due in part to the larger field and one less down in that game) and only one running back was regularly used, leading to the offensive distinction between halfback and fullback eventually becoming obsolete. Historically, the offensive halfback was similar to a slotback and lined up off the tight end, running sweeps, pass patterns and performing blocking duties, but could also run out of the backfield in front of the fullback, much like a standard running back in American football.
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A regional newspaper, Lolland-Falster Social-Demokrat (Nakskov), praised the young Skovshoved IF halfback, Hans Møller, as the best player on the football field, and highlighted his efforts of keeping B 1901's forward Svend Aage Eriksen in check during the match.
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Quarterback Charlie Boxold completed a nine-yard pass to Dick Nolan. Halfback Chet Hanulak then connected with Nolan again. That was followed by a first down by fullback Ralph Felton on the Oklahoma four-yard line. Hanulak rushed to pick up two yards.
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Franklin Hood (October 5, 1908 – August 21, 1955) was an American football halfback who played one season in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Bellefonte Academy in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
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In 1893, Lawson played for both the Allegheny Athletic Association and the Greensburg Athletic Association. Both clubs were thirty miles apart. While Allegheny used Fiscus on the offensive line, Greensburg placed him at halfback. Lawson became a teacher in South Fork in 1894.
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William George Gompers (March 20, 1928 – May 3, 2019) was an American football halfback who played for the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame, having previously attended Wheeling Central Catholic High School in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Masud Ali Khan Minhas (1911 - c. 1935) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as halfback.
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The 1910 Western State Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1910 college football season. Head coach William H. Spaulding was the head coach. Halfback Alvin Berger was the team captain.
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After graduating from Linton High School, Bennett enrolled at Indiana University where he played halfback for the Indiana Hoosiers football team from 1926 to 1928. During this time, he was five feet, nine inches tall and one hundred and ninety three pounds.
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The 1947 season featured great backs across the Southwest Conference. Baylor lost games to SMU (No. 3 in the final AP Poll) led by halfback Doak Walker; Texas (No. 5 in the final AP Poll) led by quarterback Bobby Layne; and Rice (No.
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Thomas was selected for the 2015 European Cup. He started the match against Wales at halfback, scoring a try in an 18–12 loss. He then also featured against Ireland. Thomas was selected for Scotland in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
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Te Aihe Toma (born 15 March 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who currently plays as a Halfback for the Steamers in the Mitre 10 Cup. He also featured for Dunedin-based Super Rugby franchise, the , during the 2016 season.
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John finished the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 16 matches and scoring 5 tries for the Panthers. John represented the Cook Islands in the 2013 World Cup, playing in all 3 matches at halfback and scoring a try in the tournament.
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Steve Polaski was the team captain.2016 Fact Book, p. 185. Halfback Doyle Harmon was selected by Walter Eckersall as a first-team player on the 1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team. The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium.
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Barle had a brief career in the National Football League. He only appeared in four total games: one in 1938 for the Detroit Lions, and three in 1939 for the Cleveland Rams. He played the halfback position and scored two career touchdowns.
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Daniel J. Hurley was an American football player. He played college football at the halfback position for the Harvard Crimson football team and was selected as a consensus All-American in 1904 and 1905."Daniel Hurley Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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Desmond Michael Connor (born 9 August 1935 in Ashgrove, QLD) is an Australian former rugby union halfback who represented internationally both the Australian and New Zealand national rugby union teams. He is an inductee in the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame.
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Pat Reynolds is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Meath county team. He had much success playing inter-county football in the 1960s on the Meath team. He usually played as a halfback. He also played club football for Walterstown.
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Typical defensive formations include five defensive backs: two cornerbacks, two defensive halfbacks, and one safety. ; defensive end : See defensive lineman. ; defensive halfback : A defensive position on scrimmages. Typical formations include two defensive halfbacks, one on each side, but deeper than the cornerbacks.
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Donald Brookes McIlhenny (born November 22, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former American football halfback in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Southern Methodist University.
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Top UK Ref Coming to US. Americanrugbynews.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-07. Like the previous year's tournament, the 2010 match was held at Hodges Stadium at the University of North Florida. USA's Australian-raised halfback Damien O’Malveney was named player of the tournament.
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Karl-Heinz Irmer (22 July 1903 – 8 November 1975) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played two matches as halfback.
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Werner Freyberg (July 29, 1902 - January 15, 1973) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played two matches as halfback.
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In 1940, Michigan defeated Michigan State by a 21 to 14 score. Michigan halfback Tom Harmon scored all 21 points for Michigan, running for three touchdowns and kicking the extra points as well. Harmon went on to win the 1940 Heisman Trophy.
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Ernie Case enrolled at Los Angeles City College, where he played halfback on the school's football team.Al Wolf, "Behind the Line," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 8, 1940, part 2, pg. 14. He transferred to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1940.
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The Hurricanes played nine of their ten games at Roddy Burdine Stadium in Miami. The Florida–Miami football rivalry game was played on a Saturday night, and the other home games were played on Friday nights. Key players included halfback Russell Coates.
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As a halfback at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, Lewis was nicknamed "The Lincoln Locomotive". He set school records for touchdowns in a season (22), touchdowns in a career (64), rushing yards in a season (1,239) and career rushing yards (4,457).
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David James ( – 2 January 1929) was a Welsh international rugby union halfback who played club rugby for Swansea. While playing with Swansea, James was paired with his brother, Evan James, and together they were nicknamed the 'Swansea gems' and the 'Curly haired marmosets'.
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Heinrich "Heinz" Schmalix (24 July 1910 – 30 November 1974) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played three matches as halfback.
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Anthonios "Tony" Branoff (born c. 1934) is a former American football player. He played at the halfback position for the University of Michigan from 1952 to 1955. He was chosen as the Most Valuable Player on the 1953 Michigan Wolverines football team.
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Center Dick Kackmeister received the team's most valuable player award.2015 Media Guide, p. 95. Four Central Michigan players (Podoley, Kackmeister, guard Ray Figg, and halfback LaVerne Wolf) received first-team honors on the All-IIAC team.2015 Media Guide, p. 96.
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Richard A. Bennett was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Clintonville, Wisconsin. He graduated from Ripon College in 1965 with a B.A. in education. At Ripon, Bennett played basketball (guard), football (halfback and return specialist), and baseball (third baseman) four years each.
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Dean Renfro (June 15, 1932 – November 11, 2012) was an American football halfback. He played for the Baltimore Colts in 1955 and for the Calgary Stampeders from 1956 to 1957. He died on November 11, 2012, in Plano, Texas at age 80.
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Craig Teevan is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. During his time as a player, he represented five clubs in his usual positions of hooker or halfback and also played State of Origin for Queensland.
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Alfred Gerdes (24 October 1916 - 10 December 1962) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played three matches as halfback.
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Nikorima played as halfback in every game of the three match Kiwis tour of England in the northern autumn. He scored a try and was awarded man of the match in the Kiwis's 34-0 drubbing of England that was the final game.
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Herman L. "Reds" Bassman (February 25, 1913 – August 3, 2010) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football at Ursinus College and attended Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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It was his first completed pass for Detroit. Girard was dubbed "Mr. Versatility" in Detroit, having played for the Lions as an offensive end (left and right), halfback (left and right), punter, kickoff specialist, punt returner, kickoff returner, and some defense as well.
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A notable player was sophomore safety (& halfback) Larry Wilson, a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After the season, Curtice left for Stanford University in the Pacific Coast Conference and was succeeded by Ray Nagel, the backfield coach at UCLA.
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A native of Chicago, Illinois, Shiverick graduated in 1914 from the University School of Chicago where he had played halfback for three years. Shiverick then enrolled at Cornell, where he played for the school's varsity football team from 1915-1916 and 1919.
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Although his original position was as quarterback, Allen saw little time in that role, throwing only two passes during his CFL career. Instead, he spent most of his time as a defensive halfback, making five interceptions over his career, including a pick six.
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In light of this news the Bulls quickly snapped up halfback Jarrod Sammut on a one-year deal. Bradford came crashing down to earth as the Warrington Wolves were rampant and murdered the Bulls 64–6 with the points coming from Ah Van.
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Thomas Tucker "Swede" Hanson (November 10, 1907 - August 5, 1970) was an American football halfback in the National Football League mainly for the Philadelphia Eagles, for whom he caught the first touchdown in franchise history. He played college football at Temple University.
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Tackle Bill Fincher made Walter Camp's first-team All-American, then just the fourth Southern player to do so. Captain and senior halfback Buck Flowers made some third-team All-America selections, and led the country with an average of 49.4 yards per punt.
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Matt Davis was born in Burbage, Leicestershire, England. Matt is the oldest son of Ian Davis. All three of Ian's sons are on the books of Super League clubs, with Sam a hooker at the London Broncos and Jonno a Halfback at the Hull Academy.
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In such a modified system, the quarterback might call, "896 H-Shallow F-Curl", assigning numbered routes to the three receivers (the split end, the tight end, and the flanker), while "H-Shallow" and "F-Curl" refer to routes run by the halfback and fullback.
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Henry Walter Torney (November 12, 1884 - October 1942) was an American football player and industrial engineer. He was an All-American at the halfback and fullback positions in 1904 and 1905 while attending the United States Military Academy. He later became an industrial engineer.
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Sheldon Benjamin Govier (born 11 January 1876 in Coatbridge, Scotland; died 1951 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American soccer center halfback who spent his entire career in the United States, primarily with Pullman F.C. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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Driscoll played professional football as a quarterback and halfback for the Hammond All-Stars (1917), Hammond Pros (1919), Racine/Chicago Cardinals (1920–1925), and Chicago Bears (1926–1929). He was the NFL's first All-Pro quarterback and its leading scorer in 1923 and 1926.
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Du Preez started his provincial career with Western Transvaal in 1982. He then moved to Northern Transvaal, where his regular halfback partner was Naas Botha. He ended his playing career with Natal. Du Preez played seven test matches for the Springboks in 1992 and 1993.
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Arthur E. Redner (November 24, 1879 - November 17, 1973) was an American football player and coach. He played halfback for the University of Michigan in 1900 and 1901 and was the last surviving member of Fielding H. Yost's renowned 1901 "Point-a-Minute" football team.
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Lester Christopher Hearden (April 24, 1902December 25, 1978) was an American football halfback in the National Football League Born in Lawrence, Wisconsin. Hearden played for the Green Bay Packers in 1924. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University and Saint Ambrose University.
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Dave Hoppmann (c. 1942 –November 17, 1975) was an American football player. He played for the Iowa State Cyclones football team. He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team halfback on the 1962 College Football All-America Team.
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Bernie Lee (born 20 March 1937) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Lee was Footscray's full-back in the 1961 VFL Grand Final, which they lost.AFL Tables: Bernie Lee He could also play across halfback.
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Johnson attended Carrick High School, where he played as a running back. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Miami. During his first years, he was tried at different positions, including halfback. In his last two seasons he also was the team's punter.
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Four players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors. Three of those played for the St. Mary's Gaels: quarterback Herman Wedemeyer (AP, UP), halfback "Spike" Cordeiro (UP), and end Ed Ryan (AP, UP). The fourth was tackle Bob McClure (UP) of Nevada.
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Halfback Jerry Hanifin led the team's rushing attack. In December 1951, one month after the season ended, coach Bach left the team to become head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In February 1952, St. Bonaventure announced that it was suspending competition in intercollegiate football.
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By 1952, with stunning rookie halfback Ollie Matson joining the club, Angsman was relegated to a seldom-used backup role. He retired after the 1952 season at age 27. He finished with career statistics of 683 carries, 2908 yards (4.3 avg), and 27 touchdowns.
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William Albert Shockley Jr. (March 13, 1937 – December 7, 1992) was an American football kicker and halfback who played for four seasons for four different teams, the New York Titans, Buffalo Bills, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at West Chester University.
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John Roland Gilroy (March 5, 1896 – July 20, 1952), also known as "The Great Gilroy", was an All-American football halfback for Georgetown University and a professional football player for the Canton Bulldogs (1920), Cleveland Tigers (1920), Washington Senators (1921), and Boston Bulldogs (1926).
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Conrad was selected by the New York Giants in the fifth round (58th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft. On May 10, he was traded along with safety Dick Nolan to the Chicago Cardinals, in exchange for End Pat Summerall and halfback Lindon Crow.
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In the 2007 Super 14 season he was drafted into the Hurricanes where he was sharing the halfback role with Alby Mathewson until Piri Weepu came back from the All Blacks protected squad. In 2012 Smylie returned to the Hurricanes and signed with Taranaki.
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Doyle Lee Tackett (August 23, 1923 - September 7, 2002) was an American football halfback. Tackett was born in Hector, Arkansas, in 1923 and attended Atkins High School in Atkins, Arkansas. He did not play college football. During World War II, Tackett served in the Navy.
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Lawrence W. Peace (February 13, 1917 - January 12, 2009) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Bradford Area High School in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
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Zahid Pirzad (born 1 August 1958, Karachi, Pakistan) is a former Pakistani field hockey player. He played center halfback. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 1982 against Japan in which Pakistan won the Gold Medal. In 1983, Pirzada represented Pakistan in Germany.
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Albert Bennett Moore (April 17, 1908 – March 23, 1991) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League, in 1932. He played college football at Northwestern University and attended Washington High School in Portland, Oregon.
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Jason Alexander Hewett (born 17 October 1968) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Hewett represented Manawatu and Auckland at domestic level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1991, playing one international against Italy.
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Left halfback Joe Magidsohn was the team's leading scorer and also received first-team All-American honors from some selectors. Six Michigan players received first-team All-Western honors, including Benbrook, Wells, Magidsohn, tackle William P. Edmunds, end Stanley Borleske, and center Arthur Cornwell.
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Wantland grew up in Purcell, Oklahoma. He attended Purcell High School and graduated in 1906. He attended the University of Oklahoma where Wantland participated on the football, baseball, track, and basketball teams. In football, he played right halfback, was the kick returner and placekicker.
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Three Michigan players were named to the 1899 College Football All-America Team, as selected by The Philadelphia Inquirer: end Neil Snow, halfback John McLean, and tackle Richard France. Snow, McLean, and France were also named to the 1899 All-Western college football team.
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Toronto Daily Star, June 21, 1923; p. 15. In 1924, he paddled in the Bala Regatta in Muskoka.The Globe, August 12, 1924; p. 8. Football Dinsmore was a halfback for the 1922 Toronto Argonauts teams with Lionel Conacher, Canada's Athlete of the Half-century.
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Raymond Wayne Davenport (December 16, 1906April 27, 2001) was an American football halfback in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Davenport played collegiate ball for Hardin–Simmons University and played professionally in the NFL for one season, in 1931.
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Anthony Drawhorn (born July 27, 1965) was a football player in the Canadian Football League for ten years. Drawhorn played as a cornerback, halfback, and free safety for five different teams. He was a CFL All-Star five times. He played college football at UNLV.
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In February, Taylor played for the Titans in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines. In Round 1 of the season, he made his club debut for the Titans against the Newcastle Knights, playing at halfback in the Titans 30-12 win at Cbus Super Stadium.
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In 1955, he graduated from the Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon University) in neighboring Monmouth. There he played quarterback and halfback on three straight championship teams from 1952-54 under Coach Bill McArthur. Davis also played basketball and baseball at the college.
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William Dean Reynolds (July 20, 1931December 2, 2002) was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). He played for the NFL's Cleveland Browns (1953–1957) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1958) and the AFL's Oakland Raiders (1960).
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Yost's points included the following: In 1953, Heston was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. And in 1974, the Football Writers Association of America selected Heston as the halfback for the all-time team for the period 1869–1919 (football's first half century).
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Craig Trindall (born 8 May 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. His position was halfback or five-eighth. He is a relative of former South Sydney Rabbitohs player, Darrell Trindall.
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Boris Stephan "Babe" Dimancheff (September 6, 1922 – October 17, 2008) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Yanks (1945–1946), the Chicago Cardinals (1947–1950), and the Chicago Bears (1952). He played college football at Purdue University.
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James Neal Thomason (March 28, 1920 – August 4, 2007) was an American football halfback. The Brownwood, Texas native was part of the 1939 national championship team of Texas A&M; University. He was selected 5th overall by the Detroit Lions in the 1941 NFL Draft.
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Henry F. Jim Miller (February 19, 1908 – February 10, 1965) was an American football halfback who played two seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League. He played college football at West Virginia Wesleyan College and attended Sharpsburg High School in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania.
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In February 2018, Croft staked his claim as the Storm's new halfback. He scored a try and three try assists in a composed performance against the Leeds Rhinos in the 2018 World Club Challenge at AAMI Park. He played in the 2018 NRL Grand Final.
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Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book, p. 181. Allan Shafer was the team captain.Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book, p. 185. Jug Girard, a 17-year-old freshman, was selected by Look magazine as a first-team halfback on the 1944 College Football All-America Team.
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Houlihan had another consistent year playing off halfback in 2004, managing 21 of 22 games (troubled by groin problems late in the season), again finishing in the top 10 in the Best and Fairest and in the top five for disposals, marks and kicks.
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Daniel Nathan Lewis (February 14, 1936 – March 6, 2015) was an American football halfback, fullback in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions (1958–1964), the Washington Redskins (1965), and the New York Giants (1966). He played college football at the University of Wisconsin.
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The consensus All-Americans recognized by the NCAA for 1924 also include tackle Ed Weir, who was later named the 19th best athlete in Nebraska history, and three of Notre Dame's legendary Four Horseman (halfback Jim Crowley, quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, and fullback Elmer Layden).
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In 1937 he left Carlton to play with Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association as captain- coach. His dispute with Carlton arising when he returned from representing Victoria in an interstate match to find himself selected at centre halfback in the seconds grade.
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Carl Menke (born July 3, 1906, date of death unknown) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played one match as halfback.
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Harry Wililiam Baum (November 23, 1874 – March 3, 1950) was an American college football coach and construction engineer. He served as the head coach at Tulane University in 1896. Baum attended the University of Illinois, where he played on the football team as a halfback.
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Offensive lineman John Ward was selected by the AFCA, FWAA, and Kodak as a first-team All-American.2016 Football Guide, p. 149. Ward, middle guard John Little, halfback Benny Goodwin, and tackle Jerry Sherk were selected as first- team All-Big Eight Conference players.
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In 1973 was the first player selected directly from Wests for a Kangaroo Tour. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 435.ARL Annual Report 2005 Dennis Ward was subsequently named at halfback in West Rosella's team of the century.
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Saint Louis University football coach Eddie Cochems developed the first modern passing offense in American football history in 1906. Cochems' star halfback, Bradbury Robinson, threw the first legal forward pass on September 5, 1906, in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College at Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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François Verger (November 29, 1911 - December 31, 2001) was a French field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French field hockey team, which finish fourth in the 1936 Olympic tournament. He played four matches as halfback.
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Dupre was a member of the 1959 Baltimore Colts championship team, but due to his injury, he did not play in the rematch against the Giants, which the Colts won 31-16. Halfback Mike Sommer substituted for Dupre in the 1959 NFL Championship Game.
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Noble Webster Doss (May 22, 1920 – February 15, 2009) was an American football halfback who played professionally for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) and the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He played college football at Texas.
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Robert Paul Anderson (born March 31, 1938) is a former American football halfback in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He played college football at the United States Military Academy and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1960 NFL Draft.
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Coughlin attended Syracuse University when he was offered a scholarship by assistant coach Jim Shreve. He played halfback for the Syracuse Orange football team. Coughlin was teammates with Larry Csonka and Floyd Little. In 1967, he set the school's single-season pass receiving record.
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Pittsburgh 21, Indiana 14. Pittsburgh defeated Indiana, 21-14, before a crowd of 17,118 in Pittsburgh. Halfback Louis "Bimbo" Cecconi threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Joe Robinson with less than two minutes left in the game to deliver the win to Pittsburgh.
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Olie James Cordill (April 28, 1916November 14, 1988) was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League. A 1st round selection (5th overall pick) in the 1940 NFL Draft out of Rice University, Cordill played for the Cleveland Rams in that year.
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Fenimore was selected by several selectors (Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, Football News, Football Writers Association of America, and Newspaper Enterprise Association) as a first-team halfback on the 1944 College Football All-America Team. He was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Once the war ended, Dunlap then joined the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) where he mainly played quarterback and halfback. Dunlap played with the Rough Riders for three years, from 1945 until 1947. He was named an all-star in 1946.
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Francis John "Frank" Surman ( – 3 June 1925) was a New Zealand rugby union player and professional athlete. He represented the New Zealand national rugby team in 1896. A utility back, he played at any position in the backline from halfback to the three-quarter line.
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George Hall Wilde (March 16, 1923 - May 26, 1975) was an American football halfback and defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was born in Olney, Texas, and played college football at Texas A&M; University and Texas Christian University.
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The following year he was selected for the Junior All Blacks, and in 1977 was given his first All Black trial. In 1978 he was reserve All Black halfback for the three-match series against the Wallabies in New Zealand, but didn’t get on the field. He finally got the chance to don the black jersey in the tour to Great Britain at the end of the year, and on October 21, 1978, made his debut against Cardiff at Cardiff Arms Park. He played his first test match when first-choice halfback Mark Donaldson was stung with an ankle injury and ruled out of the match against Wales.
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Bobby Dan Dillon (February 23, 1930 – August 22, 2019) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played as a safety and spent his entire eight-year career with the Green Bay Packers. Dillon was an All-American with the University of Texas Longhorns, where he primarily played as a defensive back, although he also returned kicks and played several games at halfback. He finished his college career with 13 interceptions on defense, one touchdown as a halfback, and multiple kick returns for touchdown. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 3rd round (28th pick) of the 1952 NFL draft.
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Leveson made his first grade debut for Souths against North Sydney at Birchgrove Oval in Round 1 1908 which was the opening week of the NSWRL competition in Australia. Souths won the match 11-7 with Leveson playing at halfback. Souths went on to claim the inaugural minor premiership in 1908 and reach the first NSWRL grand final against rivals Eastern Suburbs. Leveson played at halfback as Souths claimed their first premiership winning 14-12 at the Royal Agricultural Society Grounds in front of 4000 spectators. In 1909, Leveson played 10 times for the club as Souths claimed their second premiership in a row against Balmain in controversial circumstances.
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The 1931 Toronto Argonauts season was the club's 45th season since its inception in 1873 and its 22nd season in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team finished tied with the Hamilton Tigers for second place in the IRFU with three wins and three losses and failed to qualify for the playoffs. This was the first IRFU season in which the forward pass was allowed by the rules of the game. The first forward pass completion in Argonauts' history was thrown by halfback Teddy Morris to halfback Bill Darling for a gain of twenty- five yards during the opening game of the season in Hamilton, which the Argos lost 12–7.
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In a game in Tampa on Plant Field, coach Sol Metzger's South Carolina Gamecocks fought the Gators to a 7–7 tie. The Gamecocks scored early after a fumble recovery near the goal line. The Gators scored once in the second period, and "threatened to do so again and again from both attempted placement kicks and straight football, only to fall by missing the cross bars by inches and by gameness of the fighting Gamecocks." The Gators starting lineup was: Swanson (left end), Wurthrich (left tackle), Scott (left guard), Wilsky (center), C. Perry (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Burnett (right end), Stanley (quarterback), Duncan (left halfback), Carlton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).
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Smylie then went south and had one season for the Highlanders in 2006, off the back of a hugely impressive debut season for Otago in 2005. The following year he played for the New Zealand Māori and in 2007 saw him play for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby, before debuting in 2009 for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup. Smylie was named NPC Division One Player of the Year for 2005, after a strong campaign which saw Otago finish runners-up behind Auckland. Despite this, he was not the first choice starting halfback for the Highlanders in 2006, with Southland halfback Jimmy Cowan often being preferred.
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Later in the quarter, Kentucky scored their only touchdown on a 60-yard Len Tracy run that cut the Alabama lead to 16–6. The final margin of 16–8 resulted after Graham McClintock was tackled for a safety after a bad snap on a punt attempt. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Kentucky to 2–1. The starting lineup was Al Clemens (left end), Bill Buckler (left tackle), Jack Langhorne (left guard), Clyde Propst (center), Pete Camp (right guard), Ben E. Compton (right tackle), Newton (right end), Allen McCartee (quarterback), Red Barnes (left halfback), William Baty (right halfback), Pooley Hubert (fullback).
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In addition to skill at running the ball, some halfbacks in the National Football League are known for their skill at catching passes. In the 1970s, Minnesota Vikings running back Chuck Foreman was one of the first halfbacks to establish himself as an elite threat in the receiving game. Foreman caught over 50 passes in four out of five seasons from 1974-1978, including a league leading 73 receptions in 1975. The role of the halfback as a receiver out of the backfield has expanded greatly in the NFL over the years, and a versatile halfback who provides his team with running and pass-catching abilities is highly valued.
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A halfback might be called upon to return punts and kickoffs on special teams. Although this is most often done by wide receivers and defensive backs, such as cornerbacks (because they are generally the fastest players on the team), some halfbacks have enough speed and talent to perform this role. The NFL's current all-time leading in kickoff return yards (14,014 yards) and punt return yards (4,999) by a halfback is Brian Mitchell. He also gained 1,967 rushing yards, 2,336 receiving yards, and 15 fumble return yards, giving him a total of 23,330 all-purpose yards, the second most in NFL history behind Jerry Rice.
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The 1980 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Criner and the "Four Horseman" senior backfield: quarterback Joe Aliotti, fullback David Hughes, halfback Cedric Minter, with halfback Terry Zahner in reserve. The previous season, the Broncos had a 10–1 record and were undefeated in the Big Sky, but were on probation for a scouting violation in November 1978, making them ineligible for the conference title or the 1979 I-AA playoffs.
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The 1951 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1951 Big Ten Conference football season. In its fourth year under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan compiled a 4–5 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Big Ten, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 135 to 122. Left halfback/quarterback Bill Putich was the team captain, and fullback Don Peterson received the team's most valuable player award. Halfback/safety Lowell Perry was selected by the Central Press Association as a second-team player on the 1951 College Football All-America Team.
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With the departure of Michael McIlorum in the offseason, Thomas Leulaui moved into hooker, Sam Powell moved to halfback and with Sam Tomkins as resident fullback, Escaré started the season on the bench. This meant that, when he came on in place of Leulaui, Powell would move to hooker with either Tomkins or Escaré moving to halfback. The other would then run at fullback however both players would change positions as the game progressed. This fluid style of play contributed to a more expansive game from the Wigan side and Escaré profited from that scoring a fabulous try in the first game of the season away at Salford.
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He also played in the 2010 Hong Kong Bledisloe Cup Test game in Hong Kong, scoring a try for the All Blacks. Later that year Cowan played a key role in the All Blacks third successful Grand Slam in five years. Cowan started the 2011 season as the incumbent All Black halfback, however, injuries and indifferent Super and International form resulted in him being demoted to the third choice halfback behind Piri Weepu and Andy Ellis. Despite this, Cowan still played an important role in the All Blacks successful 2011 Rugby World Cup, where he played four games (two as substitute) against Tonga, Japan, Canada and Argentina (RWC Quarterfinal).
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The 1955 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1955 college football season. The season was Bob Woodruff's sixth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators played their only eight-game Southeastern Conference schedule before the 1990s, and probably the most difficult of the 1950s. The standout Gator players included offensive and defensive tackle John Barrow, halfback and punter Don Chandler, two-way halfback Jackie Simpson and defensive back John Symank. The highlights of the 1955 season included three conference victories over the Mississippi State Maroons (20–14), LSU Tigers (18–14) and Georgia Bulldogs (19–13).
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1911 Michigan Wolverines football team Torbet graduated from high school in 1910 and enrolled at the University of Michigan. He was a reserve on Michigan's football team in 1910, and a three-year starter at the end, fullback and halfback positions from 1911 to 1913.(started three games at left halfback in 1911)(started five games at end in 1912)(started four games at end, and two at fullback in 1913) The Wolverines compiled a record of 16-4-2 in Torbet's three years as a starter. Torbet was one of the earliest Michigan Wolverines football players to have success as a forward passer.
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However, it is not uncommon for a wingback to be outside the tight end in an I or other formation where the opposite end is split. In the power I formation, instead of the wingback shown above, there is another deep back in the traditional halfback position. That position in the power I is probably called "halfback" more than any other name. In the triple I, where all the backs are in one line perpendicular to the lines of scrimmage, one could hope for the backs to be called quarter-, half-, full-, and tailback in order of depth, but various names are probably used.
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The H-back does occupy a position about the same as the halfback in the diamond formation of the 19th century. It is likely that "H-back" is a term derived by back formation (pun unavoidable) from the abbreviation for halfback, although arbitrary letter designation by some coach is just as good an explanation. You may see an offensive formation like that below, described as one of three tight ends: E T G C G T E QB WB RB RB However, it is labeled above as a version of the wing T, i.e. a T formation wherein one deep back has been replaced by a wingback.
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Hunt continued his bench role for the start of the 2013 NRL season as the Broncos made a shaky start. He got his first opportunity in his preferred halfback role in the round 9 clash against the Parramatta Eels, as Scott Prince suffered an injury in the opening minutes of the game. On 14 May, Hunt signed a new two-year deal with the Broncos. Towards the back end of the season, Hunt secured the halfback position after Peter Wallace was benched and Corey Norman was dumped to the Queensland Cup for the rest of the year, scoring a try in his first game.
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The Roosters hit the transfer market, looking for players that could help win the elusive premiership. The exciting young fullback James Tedesco was lured to Bondi, and legendary Queensland halfback Cooper Cronk signed after too, replacing the club's long term halfback Mitchell Pearce for 2018. These signings lead most observers to believe that anything less than a grand final triumph would be a failure for the club in 2018. After a slow start to the season, the Tri-Colours won 12 of their last 16 matches, finishing off the regular season with a 44-10 thrashing of the Parramatta Eels to win the minor premiership.
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The 1948 Colorado A&M; Aggies football team represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Skyline Six Conference during the 1948 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bob Davis, the Aggies compiled an 8–3 record (4–1 against MSC opponents), lost to Occidental in the 1949 Raisin Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 244 to 138. Eight Colorado Agricultural players received all-conference honors in 1948: fullback Don Mullison, fullback Thurman "Fum" McGraw, end George Jones, halfback Eddie Hana, guard Dale Dodrill, halfback Ollie Woods, quarterback Bob Hainlen, and tackle Don Hoch.2017 Media Guide, p. 174.
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The public relations exercise to showcase the game in Melbourne proved a success with a sell-out crowd of 25,800 cramming into Olympic Park. The game was highlighted by NSW halfback Ricky Stuart racing 70 metres to score, easily outpacing Qld winger Les Kiss who made no ground on the former Wallaby. Queensland halfback Allan Langer's stealing of the ball from Blues replacement prop Glenn Lazarus helped spell the end of three years of Queensland State of Origin dominance which had included two consecutive series clean sweeps from 1988. Langer's steal was a defining moment giving Rod Wishart the chance to put the Blues ahead 8-6.
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At the time, no team had ever overcome a 10–0 deficit in the Super Bowl. But in the second quarter, the Redskins suddenly stormed back with a record 35 points, and ended up winning Super Bowl XXII 42–10. Elway did have a few highlights. His 56-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Nattiel after just 1:57 had elapsed in the game set a record for the fastest touchdown in Super Bowl history, at the time. He also became the first quarterback ever to catch a pass in the Super Bowl, recording a 23-yard reception from halfback Steve Sewell on a halfback option play.
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The 1965 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. In their 15th season under head coach Kenneth "Bill" Kelly, the Chippewas compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against IIAC opponents), lost four straight games to start the season, won four straight to end the season, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 193 to 144. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Pat Boyd with 1,604 passing yards, halfback Jim Acitelli with 445 rushing yards, and halfback Wally Hempton with 605 receiving yards.2015 Media Guide, pp. 88-89.
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Fred "Buzz" Borries (December 13, 1911 - January 3, 1969) was an American college football player who played halfback for the Navy Midshipmen football team of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1932 to 1934. Borries was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Lapeer High School in Louisville. As a junior halfback for the Navy Midshipmen in 1933, he scored the Midshipmen's sole touchdown to give Navy a 7-0 victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish; it was Navy's first victory in the Navy–Notre rivalry series in seven years. In 1934, he helped Navy score its first victory over the Army Black Knights football team since 1921.
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In Newman's three years at Michigan, the Wolverines lost only one game, won three Big Ten Conference championships, and had a combined record of 24–1–2. Further, the 1930 team was the first of four consecutive Michigan teams coached by Harry Kipke to win or tie for the Big Ten championship, losing only one game from 1930 to 1933. Right halfback James Simrall was the team captain, and left halfback Jack Wheeler was selected as the Most Valuable Player. Six players from the 1930 team were selected to All-Big Ten teams, and five went on to play in the National Football League.
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His most memorable season for the Storm came in 1999 when he was named the club's player of the year He played at halfback for the Storm in the 1999 NRL Grand Final against the St George Illawarra Dragons. Melbourne claimed their maiden premiership, with Kimmorley leading a spirited Storm comeback and setting up the match-winning try with a chip-kick to earn the Clive Churchill medal for best on-ground. Kimmorley was selected for the Australian team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against New Zealand he played at halfback in the Kangaroos' 22–20 victory.
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Although Heap considered attending Loyola University New Orleans and continuing to participate in track events, he decided to enroll at the University of Notre Dame. At Notre Dame, Heap started at the halfback position from 1952 to 1954, and was an Academic All-American three times; as of 2011, he is the only Notre Dame football player to be named to the Academic All-America team that many times. He also holds the record for receiving yards by a Notre Dame halfback, with 1,137 for his career. Heap was Notre Dame's receptions leader in each season he was a starter, catching 71 passes in his college career.
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Atlanta Falcons halfback Warrick Dunn recorded 1,140 rushing yards in 2006, the second most yards of any member of a 1,000-yard rushing duo and the most by a halfback. In American football, running (also referred to as rushing) is, along with passing, one of the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field. A running play generally occurs when the quarterback hands or tosses the ball backwards to the running back, but other players, such as the quarterback, can run with the ball. In the National Football League (NFL), there have been seven pairs of teammates that have each recorded 1,000 rushing yards in the same season.
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Last minute heroics by Chicago halfback Bill Boedeker enabled the Rockets to escape with a tie in AAFC Week 3. The league once again split its action between Friday and Sunday in week 3, with the Chicago Rockets salvaging a 17-17 tie with the Yankees thanks to a 36-yard touchdown pass from QB Walt Williams to halfback Bill Boedeker with just 55 seconds remaining.PRRA Linescore Committee, "Regular and Post-season Games," pp. 86-87. In game 2, about 23,000 fans made their way to the LA Coliseum to see the Dons run their record to 2-0 in a 30-14 victory over the Miami Seahawks.
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The 1917 Newport Naval Reserves football team was an American football team that represented the United States Navy's Second District Naval Reserve stationed at the Newport Naval Reserve Training Station in Newport, Rhode Island, during the 1917 fall football season. The team had more players named to the 1917 All-Service football team than any other service team. Newport's honorees were: center John T. Callahan (Walter Camp, 1st team); guard Clinton Black (Camp, 1st team); guard Chris Schlachter (New York Times and Paul Purman, 1st teams); halfback Charley Barrett (NYT and Purman, 1st teams, Camp 2nd team); halfback Bernard Gerrish (Purman, 1st team); end George B. L. Green (NYT, 1st team).
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While studying at Michigan, Johnston also played at the halfback position for the 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, the first football team to represent the University of Michigan. He also played for the 1880 team. He was also the vice president of the Student Athletic Association.
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Albert R. "Pete" Casey (December 2, 1895August 25, 1976) was an American football player. He played one season in the National Football League (NFL) as a halfback for the St. Louis All-Stars in 1924. He received "honorable mention" recognition on the 1923 All-Pro Team.
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The game turned on a 66-yard pass from tailback1954 Arkansas Razorbacks Varsity Football Roster. Photo. Retrieved on January 15, 2009. Buddy Bob Benson to blocking back Preston Carpenter, the only score of the game. The halfback pass gave Arkansas the 6-0 in War Memorial Stadium.
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Heeney was an accomplished rugby union player, and captained the Colts team from halfback. In 1938 and 1939, he captained the Marist club team, winning the Poverty Bay senior championship in 1939. Heeney was described as an "all-round field athlete and swimmer", and "useful cyclist".
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2018 Media Guide, pp. 194, 209 Four Wyoming players were named to the Skyline Six All-Star team selected by the conference coaches for the Associated Press: tackle Charles Peterson; center Fred Taucher; fullback Walker "Sonny" Jones; and halfback Eddie Talboom.2018 Media Guide, p. 236.
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Jack William Wilson (November 20, 1917 – April 11, 2001) was an American football halfback who played two season for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. Wilson was selected in the first round (2nd pick overall) by the Cleveland Rams in the 1942 NFL Draft.
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Frank Gargan and Frank McCaffrey were the team's coaches. Left halfback Frankie Frisch, known as "The Fordham Flash", led the team on offense. He later played for 19 years in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1937 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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He was forced to resign in May 1930. Known as the "Red Thunderbolt of West Point," he was an All-American halfback for the last three years. His longest runs were 75 yards against Yale, 1928; 70 yards against Ohio Wesleyan, and 65 yards against Yale, 1929.
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Sam Bruce Malcolm (born 25 September 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby (MLR). His preferred position of choice is first five-eighth but is also known to be an accomplished halfback as well.
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Burke was born in Enfield, Connecticut, and attended Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut. He was awarded an athletic scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania playing halfback on the football team. He graduated in 1939 and was given a tryout by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1941.
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Claude Baudoux (7 May 1898 - 17 November 1984) was a Belgian field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Belgian field hockey team which finished fourth in the 1928 Olympic tournament. He played all five matches as halfback.
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Barich played Australian rules as a midfielder, halfback flanker and winger. After moving to Perth in 1984 and signing with the Perth Football Club he went on to play 160 games for the club and earn life membership. He also captained the side for two seasons.
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On 15 July 2009, he played at halfback for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents in Queensland's 34-6 win at Suncorp Stadium. On 12 September 2009, he played in the Sea Eagles' 2009 Queensland Cup Grand Final win over the Northern Pride RLFC.
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Veeder was 5 feet, 10 inches in height and weighed 167 pounds. He played mostly at halfback, but also quarterback and fullback. He also handled punting and place kicking for Yale. A November 1904 article in the Philadelphia Inquirer noted that Veeder averaged 50 yards per punt.
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The team was led by triple-threat halfback Ike Petersen who was one of the leading scorers in college football during the 1934 season. Petersen went on to play in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals in 1935 and the Detroit Lions in 1936.
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In October 2016, it was announced that Hammington had earned his first full-time Super Rugby contract with the 2015 champions, the . He would join fellow Manawatu Turbo Aaron Smith and young halfback Josh Renton in competition for the number 9 jersey in Tony Brown's side.
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Ananny was born on October 11, 1924. He attended Ottawa Technical High School (often shortened to Tech) from 1940 to 1943, where he participated in several athletic teams. Starting in 1940, Ananny played both hockey and football at Tech. On the football team, Ananny was a halfback.
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The following week, Layne returned and became the starting quarterback again and Halfpenny moved back to halfback. At the end of the season, Halfpenny received all-conference Honorable Mention recognition as a back. The Longhorns won the Southwest Conference championship and later the 1946 Cotton Bowl.
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He was the first University of Michigan track and field athlete to be recognized as an All-American. He also played college football as a halfback at Michigan. He won an aMa letter as a member of the 1921 Michigan Wolverines football team.1922 Michiganensian, p. 224.
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In that year, he made his debut for Queensland, before making his Australian debut in 2006. He was the 2008 Wally Lewis medalist for State of Origin player of the series. Also in 2008, he was named as halfback of the Australian Aboriginal team of the century.
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Sydney Pyman Bell (19 December 1875 – 23 December 1944)Sydney Bell player profile Scrum.com was an English rugby union halfback and solicitor. Bell played club rugby for Cambridge University and Northern and played international rugby for the British Isles XV in their 1896 tour of South Africa.
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Following Flett's missed opportunity, the All Blacks went downfield. John Kirwan ran down the blindside, and fended Campese off at fullback, before slipping a pass to New Zealand halfback Graeme Bachop, who slipped under a Campese tackle- attempt to score the final try of the Test.
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King, halfback Rudy Gmitro, tackle Lou Midler and guard Frank Twedell were named All-Big Ten first team. Rudy Gmitro was awarded the Team MVP Award. Total attendance for the season was 254,188, which averaged to 50,838. The season high for attendance was against Notre Dame.
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Left guard George Genyk was the team captain, and fullback Tony Rio received the team's most valuable player award. The team's statistical leaders included Stan Noskin with 747 passing yards, right halfback Fred Julian with 289 rushing yards, and right end Robert Johnson with 264 receiving yards.
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Halfback Paul Magoffin was the team captain and led the team in scoring with 35 points and seven touchdowns. Right tackle Walter Rheinschild was the second leading scorer with 25 points. Five Michigan players received All-Western honors: Schulz, Magoffin, Rheinschild, "Octy" Graham, and Harry S. Hammond.
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Halfback John Dolzadelli and guard John P. "Jack" McFarland were the team captains. Dolzadelli was invited to play in the East–West Shrine Game at the end of the 1928 season; he was the first New Mexico player to be so honored.2018 Media Guide, p. 120.
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Clinton E. Frank (September 13, 1915 - July 7, 1992) was an American football player and advertising executive. He played halfback for Yale University, where he won both the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award in 1937. In 1954, he founded the Clinton E. Frank, Inc. advertising agency.
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Los Angeles Wildcats (some news sources referred to the team as the "L.A. Wilson Wildcats"). Named after former University of Washington star halfback Wildcat Wilson and owned by C. C. Pyle and Red Grange, the Wildcats were strictly a traveling team based in Rock Island, Illinois.
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Clifford Harold Hansen (June 29, 1910 – November 11, 2001) was an American football player. He played college football at Luther College and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a halfback for the Chicago Cardinals. He appeared in five NFL games during the 1933 season.
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Leo Robert "Bugsy" Koceski, Jr. (born January 28, 1929), also known as the "Canonsburg Comet," is a former American football halfback. He played for Michigan's undefeated national championship team in 1948 and the 1950 Big Ten championship team that defeated the California in the 1951 Rose Bowl.
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Walter Henry "Wally" Teninga (February 14, 1928 - September 24, 2018) was an American football halfback and businessman. He played for the University of Michigan's undefeated national championship teams in 1947 and 1948 and later became the vice chairman and chief financial officer of the Kmart Corporation.
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The hook and ladder (the name of the play on the cover, but dubbed the "circus" by Boise State) and statue of liberty play are both playable on this game in addition to a multitude of other trick plays including a flea flicker and halfback pass.
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Bernard Phillip Leahy (August 15, 1908 – March 12, 1978) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended St. Mel High School in Chicago, Illinois.
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The prospects for the 1958 season were devastated by Bernie Parrish deciding to play baseball with the Cincinnati Reds.Golenbock, Go Gators!, p. 109 The Gators were led by quarterback Jimmy Dunn, defensive back Don Fleming, halfback and punter Bobby Joe Green and All- American tackle Vel Heckman.
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Street married North Harbour rugby halfback Matt France, in December 2009. They have two daughters, Juliette, born in October 2012 and Mackenzie born March 2015. After six years of poor health, and the removal of her gallbladder, she was diagnosed with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis in 2015.
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James R. Detwiler (born May 29, 1945) is a former American football halfback who was the 20th pick in the first round of the 1967 NFL Draft. Before this he had been an All-Big Ten Conference player for the Michigan Wolverines from 1964 to 1966.
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Guy Albert Marie Hénon (3 February 1912 - 19 July 1996) was a French field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French field hockey team, which finished fourth in the 1936 Olympic tournament. He played two matches as halfback.
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Libertore was the game's MVP. Libertore in 1972 In 1962, Libertore hurt his knee in a loss to Georgia Tech, and did not play quarterback again. Libertore helped the Gators to defeat Penn State alongside Larry Dupree in the 1962 Gator Bowl from the halfback position.
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Toby Morland (born 27 February 1983) is a New Zealand rugby union player. His position of choice is halfback. Morland currently plays for Manawatu in the Mitre 10 Cup. He made his Super rugby debut for the Highlanders in 2004 and played for them until 2008.
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Dobie Craig (February 14, 1938 – May 22, 2018) was an American football wide receiver and halfback. He played for the Oakland Raiders from 1962 to 1963 and for the Houston Oilers in 1964. He died on May 22, 2018, in El Campo, Texas at age 80.
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Rix was born on March 24, 1882 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Dartmouth College, where he played on the football team as a halfback in 1905,Alcalde, Volume 2, p. 65, Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas, 1913.Dartmouth Football Media Guide, Dartmouth College, p.
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Ernest Glennie (8 February 1870— 16 July 1908) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks in 1897. His positions of choice were halfback, five-eighth and wing-forward. He was understood to have been born in Queenstown.
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Key players on the 1946 team included backs Terry Day and George Watkins, quarterbacks Cyril Byron and Oscar Givens, fullback George Rooks, halfback Jonathan Campbell, center Earl F. Couch II, tackles Bertram Coppock and Lorenzo Thomas, end Joseph Eggleston, placekicker Willard Jones, and punter Tippy Day.
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The Tigers were a near unanimous pre-season favorite to repeat as national champions in 1959. Most of the players from the National Championship team of 1958 were returning, including the All-American halfback Billy Cannon, who had come in third in the 1958 Heisman balloting.
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Halfback Chuck Koons received the team's most valuable player award.2015 Media Guide, p. 95. Four Central Michigan players (Larry Moore, offensive guard Ken Bickel, linebacker Frank Goldberg, and offensive tackle Tom Lang) received first-team honors on the All-IIAC team.2015 Media Guide, p. 96.
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Joseph Charles Naekauna Francis Jr. (April 21, 1936 – April 15, 2013) was an American football halfback and quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). Following his playing career, he was a high school football head coach in his native Hawaii.
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Ohio State quarterback Dave Leggett threw eleven passes, completing six, one a touchdown pass to Robert Archbald Watkins Jr. Halfback Hopalong Cassady ran for 92 yards and led the Buckeyes to 304 yards on the ground and an overall advantage of 360-206 yards in total offense.
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