1950 Army Cadets football team

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:1950 Eastern college football independents records The 1950 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1950 college football season. Led by head coach Earl Blaik, the team finished with an 8–1 record. The Cadets offense scored 267 points, while the defense allowed 40 points. Bob Blaik was the starting quarterback.

Tom Lombardo, the captain of the 1944 Army team, was killed in action in Korea.[1] Two weeks before the Army–Navy Game, Johnny Trent, the captain of the 1949 Army team, was killed in action. Trent, and Arnold Galiffa, the starting quarterback of the 1949 Army team, were sent with the Eighth Army to Korea.[2] With President Harry S. Truman in attendance, Navy beat Army by a score of 14–2. It was the first time Navy had beaten Army since 1943.[3]

Schedule

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1951 NFL draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Al Pollard Back 21 251 New York Yanks
Dan Foldberg End 22 261 Detroit Lions

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References

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  1. Maraniss, David. When Pride Still Mattered. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, NY, 1999, Template:ISBN. p. 113
  2. Maraniss, p. 114
  3. David Maraniss, p. 116
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