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Message: [QUOTE="hplare, post: 5128271, member: 545"] Bill Carpenter on the '59 Army team was a sizable end who became known as "The Lonesome End." Bill Carpenter was a sizable end on the Army '59 team who became known as the original "Lonesome End." Other teams earlier had sent a receiver out wide, but Carpenter was unique in that he never returned to the huddle. He received a signal, run or pass play from the QB that opposing teams were always trying to figure out. Army was on TV quite a bit and I viewed one game where the QB touching or not touching his face bar coincided with the next play. Think they changed it from game to game and once read that the signal was sent via the position of the QB's feet. You can find a great SI article on him on Google. He won a DSC in Nam when his unit was overwhelmed and he called in air support on his own position. [/QUOTE]