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	American football information from Answerbag
		Depending on the offensive formation, especially in modern football, the fullback may be in front of the...
		Football players usually build up their strength, speed, and mass during the offseason, then work more on skills, technique, and endurance in the pre-season/training camp time.
		Notre Dame and Rockne are already Football Legends, but their end may be at hand, due to injuries, they are having a disastrous season, the worst in Rockne's career, 4 wins 2 losses against mediocre teams and top ranked Army, Carnegie Tech and Southern California still to play.
	www.answerbag.com /c_view.php/224 (5400 words)

	SR.com: American Football Conference
		Offense, which finished 29th in league and last in AFC in scoring last season, returns all but one starter (fullback Marc Edwards) and expects to be better under new coordinator Carl Smith.
		Another AFC title game defeat – the fourth since 1995 – has prevented any loss of motivation from team that still has something to prove.
		EXPECT: Contend for AFC wild-card spot with defense that has potential to be as good as Baltimore's in 2000.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=87767 (3188 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		FOOTBALL, AMERICAN, type of football that developed in the U.S. in the 19th century from association football, or soccer, and Rugby football (principally the latter).
		American football is played by two teams, each made up of 11 players, with an oval ball consisting of an inflated rubber bladder encased in a leather cover.
		The ball carrier is usually one of the halfbacks or the fullback, but the quarterback and sometimes even the ends will carry the ball.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/football.html (4059 words)

	Team - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		The Bills were a charter member of the American Football League and one pro football's dominant teams of the 1960s.
		The Buffalo Bills began their pro football life as the seventh team to be admitted to the new American Football League.
		While Simpson was the key man in the winning years in the early 1970s, such stars as quarterback Jack Kemp, who later became a United States Congressman, fullback Cookie Gilchrist, defensive tackle Tom Sestak and Hall of Fame guard Billy Shaw played dominant roles in the 1960s.
	www.profootballhof.com /history/team.jsp?franchise_id=4 (950 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		The early "Treatise on American Football," published in 1893 by Amos Alonzo Stagg and Henry L. Williams included play diagrams that resembled what is today called a "full-house T." That is, a seven-man line, a QB right behind the center and a left halfback, fullback, and right halfback in a straight line.
		But the evolution from very basic football of the 1920s to the latest strategies and techniques may not be as long a pass as might at first be thought.
		The game of pro football today is like a game of one upmanship.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=4-stratgy (5152 words)

	Sports: League offers arena to showcase talent
		Though positions such as quarterback translate more easily to the outdoor game than fullback/linebacker, performance is the bottom line, said Mark Dominik, who scours the NFL, Arena League, NFL Europe and Canadian Football League for talent as Bucs director of player personnel.
		Many Arena players are what coaches call "tweeners," meaning they are not big enough or fast enough for certain positions in the eyes of NFL coaches.
		Specifically, the NFL is looking for Arena players about a decade younger than their established counterparts, say Arena football operations people who talk regularly with NFL scouts.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/02/04/Sports/League_offers_arena_t.shtml (1221 words)

	George Saimes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Saimes (born September 15, 1941), an All-American at defensive back and fullback for Michigan State, the Spartan MVP in 1961 and 1962 and a member of their all-time defensive team, joined the Buffalo Bills in 1963.
		He achieved All-American Football League honors five times, and he is a member of the American Football League All-Time Team.
		He quickly developed into an outstanding safety and became a key member of the outstanding Bills defensive squads, which produced American Football League Championships in 1964 and 1965.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Saimes (1221 words)

	Search Results for fullback - Encyclopædia Britannica
		American collegiate and professional gridiron football player who, at the unusually large size of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 metres) and 226 pounds (102.5 kg), was the quintessential bruising fullback of...
		African American gridiron football player who helped desegregate professional football in the 1940s during a career that earned him induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
		Name given by the sportswriter Grantland Rice to the backfield of the...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=fullback&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (329 words)

	Casino Encyclopedia
		Cookie Gilchrist was selected as the fullback of the All-Time All-American Football League Team, and he is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame
		He was the first American Football League player to rush for 1,000 yards (914 m) in a season: 1,096 in a 14-game schedule in 1962; earning him league MVP honors.
		A star player in high school, he signed a pro football contract with the Cleveland Browns just after graduation but left training camp at Hiram College, in Hiram, Ohio and went to Canada to play where he was team MVP for the Sarnia Imperials and the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen of the Ontario Rugby Football Union.
	www.casinoencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Cookie_Gilchrist (329 words)

	Search Results for fullback - Encyclopædia Britannica
		American collegiate and professional gridiron football player who, at the unusually large size of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 metres) and 226 pounds (102.5 kg), was the quintessential bruising fullback of...
		African American gridiron football player who helped desegregate professional football in the 1940s during a career that earned him induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
		American professional National Football League (NFL) middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears who was the dominant defensive player of his era.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=fullback&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (321 words)

	WNY HS Football All-Academic Team - Buffalo Bills
		He is a member of the National Honor Society, a volunteer for St. Ambrose and honored in the “Whose Who Among American High School Students.” As a captain and three year starter he played tight end, outside linebacker, middle linebacker, defensive end, fullback, and was the punter and kicker.
		Before his professional football career commenced, Kelso was himself an Academic All-American football player at the College of William and Mary.
		Competing on the varsity football team for three years, he was the both captain and defensive MVP for two years.
	www.buffalobills.com /news/news.jsp?news_id=2992 (610 words)

	Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame
		Inducted in 1995, he played quarterback, punter, and fullback for the football team, center on the basketball team, and baseball first baseman.
		She was named team captain and most valuable player on both teams, was selected as a three-time Regional All-American in field hockey, a two-time Regional All-American in lacrosse, and was a member of the 1984 and 1986 East Coast Conference Championship Field Hockey teams, as well as the 1985 ECC Lacrosse team.
		As the head football coach at Wesleyan University, he was credited with discovering the ‘overhead spiral pass’ after he found that he got more distance and greater accuracy throwing the ball in that manner.
	www.lehighsports.com /info/hallfame (6126 words)

	History: African-Americans in Pro Football - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		First African-American to win individual league statistical championship : AAFC-Marion Motley, fullback.
		Signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference on August 6, 1946.
		Signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference on August 9, 1946.
	www.profootballhof.com /history/general/african-americans.jsp (6126 words)

	Australian punter masters American football — JSCMS
		In his former life as a fullback for the Geelong Football Club, Graham was known for his thumping punts, one of which sent the unusually shaped Australian ball called a Sherrin sailing more than 90 meters.
		Pelfrey said that during the training camp, he had watched Graham get used to the differences between kicking an Aussie Rules ball and an American football.
		After 11 years of playing professional football at the highest level, Ben Graham knows the ins and outs of a locker room and the nervous excitement of running out in front of big crowds.
	jscms.jrn.columbia.edu /cns/2005-04-19/dekretser-jetspunter (1171 words)

	April 30 - Simple English Wikipedia
		1982- Justin Green, National Football League fullback
		1961 - Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and team owner
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/April_30 (304 words)

	Doris "Dorie" Miller, African American Sailor
		While attending Moore High School in Waco, he was a fullback on the football team.
		Assigned to the newly constructed USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) in the spring of 1943, Miller was on board that escort carrier during Operation Galvanic, the seizure of Makin and Tarawa Atolls in the Gilbert Islands.
		Doris Miller, known as "Dorie" to shipmates and friends, was born in Waco, Texas, on 12 October 1919, to Henrietta and Conery Miller.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq57-4.htm (766 words)

	Grove City College Football
		Bowers, bound for the 2001 Hula Bowl on Jan. 20, was recently named to the American Football Coaches Association's Division III All-America Team for the second straight year and was voted Presidents' Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player for the third year in a row.
		The 6-1, 241-pound fullback, who became college football's all-time leading rusher and scorer in his senior season, has accepted an invitation to play in the 2000 Blue Gray Football Classic on Christmas Day in Montgomery, Alabama.
		Blue Gray Classic next for R.J., PA, November 15, 2000--R.J. Bowers won't be home for Christmas.
	www.gcc.edu /Sports/Football/fbbluegray01.htm (140 words)

	Georgia High School Football Historians Association. Recording the History of Georgia Football. GHSFHA.org
		Thomason, Johnny “Stumpy” (Tech High, 1922-24) fullback, led Smithies to GIAA championship as senior, scored five touchdowns in 69-0 win over Boys in 1924, star of 1929 Rose Bowl victory for Georgia Tech
		Barron, David “Red” (Monroe AandM) coach, twice named All-American at Georgia Tech, three time All-Southern Conference, Georgia Tech Hall of Fame, Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, played pro baseball briefly for the 1929 Boston Braves
		Barron, Pat (Monroe AandM, 192?-2?) quarterback, led Aggies to state championship as senior, four-year starter at Georgia Tech, brother of Red Barron.
	www.ghsfha.com /who48.php (140 words)

	The Year in American Soccer - 1923
		A raid of Scottish sides brought on a crew of talented players, including fullback Jimmy Young, of Dundee United; center half Tommy McFarlane and center forward Daniel McNivin, both from Patrick Thistle; Robert Terris, of Falkirk; center half Tommy Raeside, of Dumbarton; inside forward John Rattray, of Raith; and winger Malcolm Goldie, from Clydebank.
		San Francisco Football League: Olympic (10-6-2-2-34-11-14) (three-way tie; Olympic won tiebreaker with 3 goals) Bay Cities Football League (founded 1922): Sons of St. George defeated Neptunes in playoff,
		No games this year, as the US entered its last inactive year in a spell going back to 1916.
	www.sover.net /~spectrum/year/1923.html (1445 words)

	The Official Site of Rutgers Football
		Junior All-American fullback Brian Leonard (Governeur, NY) headlines the group as one of only four players in the league to earn All-Academic honors for a third time.
		The Hale Center, while a place for the Rutgers football team to physically prepare for the season, is also a place for visual and mental preparation.
		It is the third nationally televised contest announced thus far for the Scarlet Knights in 2006.
	www.scarletknights.com /football (1019 words)

	37¢ Bronko Nagurski PSA
		Famous for his intimidating physical strength and ferocious action on the gridiron, Nagurski played tackle and end on defense and fullback on offense at the University of Minnesota from 1927 to 1929, and was named All-American at both tackle and fullback in 1929, the only player to ever be named All-American at two positions.
		Born Bronislaw Nagurski in Rainy River, Ontario, on November 3, 1908, Bronko Nagurski was a giant of American football.
		Today, as a definitive testament to Nagurski's greatness on the field, the best defensive player in college football now wins the Bronko Nagurski Award.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CC20G.htm (435 words)

	Cookie Gilchrist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cookie Gilchrist was selected as the fullback of the All-Time All-American Football League Team.
		Gilchrist frequently was at odds with team management, the American ones working for Canadian teams, he told a reporter from the London Free Press, saying that most of the problems he encountered were a result of his standing up for principles at a time when black athletes were expected to remain silent.
		Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist (born May 25, 1935 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania) was an American football player in the American Football League.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cookie_Gilchrist (487 words)

	Boston Patriots
		In the late 1960's, fullback Jim Nance became a powerful offensive weapon for the Patriots, gaining 1,458 yards in 1966 and 1,216 in 1967, when he was the American Football League's Most Valuable Player.
		He was the American Football League's Most Valuable Player in 1964, a five-time American Football League All-Star, and one of only twenty players who were in the American Football League for its entire ten-year existence.
		Cappelletti is among the AFL's all-time top ten receivers, in yards and in receptions.
	www.conigliofamily.com /Patriots.htm (487 words)

	Fred Beasley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fred Beasley (born September 18, 1974 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American football player who currently plays fullback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.
		In 2003, he was named the NFC Pro Bowl team's starting fullback.
		While attending Auburn University, Beasley split time between fullback and tailback andfinished his career with 1,241 rushing yards, 567 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fred_Beasley (221 words)

	NY Titans and Jets
		His recognition that the American Football League needed a strong presence in New York was a major factor in the success of the league that was to be the genesis of modern professional football.
		came to the New York Titans in the 1960 college draft and helped form the backbone of a Jets defense that reached the playoffs in 1968 and 1969, and captured the 1968 American Football League and World Championships.
		He strongly opposed the merger between the leagues, with Al Davis, objecting to the indemnity the NFL squeezed from the American Football League owners for having the audacity to put good teams in the New York area and in California.
	www.conigliofamily.com /TitansJets.htm (1846 words)

	Encyclopedia: Matt Snell
		Snell is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
		Though New York Jets owner Sonny Werblin made history with his 1965 acquisition of Joe Namath, Werblin s first coup over the NFL was the 1964 signing of Ohio State s powerful fullback Matt Snell (born 1941).
		Snell was an AFL All-Star three times, but his defining moment came in the third AFL-NFL World Championship Game, when the AFL Champion Jets played the 1968 NFL Champion Baltimore Colts.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Matt-Snell (1846 words)

	Jon Entine Online: The Dominican of the NFL, The Kansas City Star
		Dolphins linebacker Junior Seau, Jaguars fullback Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala, Rams tight end Brandon Manumaleuna, and Raiders quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo, who is the son of former NFL linebacker Manu Tuiasosopo, are among several NFL players who trace their roots back to American Samoa.
		While the number of Samoans in the NFL has dipped during the past two seasons, Siavii and fellow Pago Pago native Isaac Sopoaga were both taken in last weekend's draft, bringing the number of NFL players who were born in American Samoa to at least six.
		When the Chiefs selected Siavii with the 36th overall pick in the April 24 NFL draft, they became the latest team to tap into American Samoa, a nation which has been labeled “The Dominican Republic of football” by some scouts.
	www.jonentine.com /reviews/KC_Star_Dominican.htm (1846 words)

	ipedia.com: Jim Brown Article
		He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting career as a fullback for the NFL Cleveland Browns, for which he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
		Brown was an All-American at Syracuse University in both football and lacrosse; many who saw him play lacrosse still consider him the greatest player ever in that sport.
		Jim Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American professional football player and actor.
	www.ipedia.com /jim_brown.html (262 words)

	Walter Camp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Camp's contributions to early football included the introduction of the scrimmage in place of the rugby scrum, the reduction of the number of players to eleven, and the introduction of the now standard arrangement of a seven-man offensive line and a four-man backfield consisting of a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a fullback.
		Walter Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was a football coach known as the the "Father of American Football".
		For almost 50 years, Camp served on the various collegiate football rules committees that developed the game of football during that time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Camp (1310 words)

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