Show gridiron Topnotch ers erg this continues a series of articles featuring outstanding football players from schools throughout the nation watch their records during the coming season northwestern candidate for or all american football honors this fall Is john haman hainan rugged pound 6 G foot 2 luch inch center who tor for two years has been the key man in the wildcat line while his offensive ability as far as passing is concerned is well nigh per cent it 7 is on defense that haman has attained recognition as the outstanding i center in 7 the western conference feren c e used used almost ea exclusively tor for backing up the line sort of a second full john haman back ham hain ans tackling has time and again gotten the wildcats out of tough spots ile he possesses almost uncanny ability in diagnosing where the op opposition asi Is going to strike and being there this is true whether the play Is going to be a smash into the line or a forward pass he dropped back to intercept passes in six of north westerns we sterns eight games last fall his interception of a pass set the stage tor for the wildcats touchdown over notre dame haman whose home is in nap naper or ville IU ill a chicago suburb attained prominence almost overnight a as s 1 a 1 result of his brilliant per performance forman ce i in n his first big ten game against minnesota desota in his sophomore year it was the first game in which he started and he played 60 m minutes to turn in what was regarded as the prize sophomore performance of the 1937 season his sharp ac accurate curite tackling in that game tabbed dabbed him as a future great released b by astern newspaper union |