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Paul Giel. Was 11-9, 5.38. Minnesota Single Wing tailback. Finished second to Johnny Lattner 1953 Highsmann. For those kids out there college teams gradually changed to the T after Stanford dazzled the country with Frankie Albert taking snaps from under center in 1940. The single wing usually had a tailback taking snaps similar to the Shotgun but in a squatting position. He was a runner and passer. Next to the TB was a fullback who blocked and ran taking handoffs from the TB and at times receiving the snap. A wingback was offset from the line and set up behind an end. He caught passes, blocked and a couple of times a game ran a reverse. Next to the WB was the signal caller usually called a blocking back and and listed as a QB. Not involved in passing or running. The system rarely used flankers and most of the time ran an unbalanced line with the QB and wingback on the power side. UCLA employed power better than most leading to games like the 72-0 drubbing of Stanford in 1954. By the early 60’s the only teams running the single wing were Princeton and Lenoir Rhyne.

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Paul Giel. Was 11-9, 5.38. Minnesota Single Wing tailback. Finished second to Johnny Lattner 1953 Highsmann. For those kids out there college teams gradually changed to the T after Stanford dazzled the country with Frankie Albert taking snaps from under center in 1940. The single wing usually had a tailback taking snaps similar to the Shotgun but in a squatting position. He was a runner and passer. Next to the TB was a fullback who blocked and ran taking handoffs from the TB and at times receiving the snap. A wingback was offset from the line and set up behind an end. He caught passes, blocked and a couple of times a game ran a reverse. Next to the WB was the signal caller usually called a blocking back and and listed as a QB. Not involved in passing or running. The system rarely used flankers and most of the time ran an unbalanced line with the QB and wingback on the power side. UCLA employed power better than most leading to games like the 72-0 drubbing of Stanford in 1954. By the early 60’s the only teams running the single wing were Princeton and Lenoir Rhyne.