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	American football strategy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although running the football is still somewhat common, unlike in other schemes the "pass sets up the run." Run and gun offenses use halfback draws and halfback delays to keep the defense from pass rushing and keeping 5 or 6 defensive backs in the game every down.
		American football might at first appear to be a game relying primarily on strength, speed and size, but the strategic elements of the game are also extremely important.
		Most football teams' special teams include one or more kickers, a long snapper (who specializes in accurate snaps over long distances), kick returners who catch and carry the ball after it is kicked by the opposing team, and blockers who defend during kicks and returns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_football_strategy (7281 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)

	Paul Lowe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lowe was the American Football League MVP in 1963 with 1,121 yards rushing (14-game schedule), a two-time all-American Football League selection, and a halfback on the
		American Football League for a 105 yard touchdown in the Chargers first-ever exhibition game, and had the Chargers' longest run from scrimmage with an 87-yard run in 1961.
		Lowe had the American Football League's all-time highest rushing average, at 4.9 yds/carry, and is one of only twenty players who were in the American Football League for its entire ten-year existence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Lowe (5152 words)

	African Americans in Sports
		Syracuse halfback Ernie Davis was the first African-American recipient of collegiate football's highest honor.
		The first African American signed to a professional football contract, Charles Follis, "The Black Cyclone from Wooster," played for Shelby for two years until his career was ended by injury.
		Playing center for Amherst College and later Harvard Law School, Virginia born William Henry Lewis became the first African American to be named as an All-American in football.
	www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/sports.cgi?sport=Football (5152 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The first league of professional football teams was the American Professional Football Association, formed in 1920.
		Other professional leagues, former and current, include the World Football League (1974–75); the United States Football League (1983–85); and the NFL-affiliated World League of American Football (1991–92, 1995–), with teams based in European cities.
		A tremendous stimulus to public interest in the professional games was provided by the famous halfback Red Grange, who in 1925 joined the Chicago Bears of the NFL and toured the U.S. that year and the next.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/football4.html (419 words)

	List of American football players
		This list consists of individuals, both past and current, who have played the sport of American football professionally.
		(Rather than football players who happen to be Americans.) This page will be divided into lists of current and retired players.
		Billy Cannon (born 1937, made All-AFL as a halfback in 1961 and as a tight end in 1969)
	www.faqfolio.com /faqfolio/l/li/list_of_american_football_players.html (419 words)

	List of American football players - free-definition
		This list consists of individuals, both past and current, who have played the sport of American football professionally.
		(Rather than football players who happen to be Americans.) This page will be divided into lists of current and retired players.
		Billy Cannon (born 1937, made All-AFL as a halfback in 1961 and as a tight end in 1969)
	www.free-definition.com /List-of-American-football-players.html (419 words)

	List of American Football League players - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following is a list of players that played for the 1960-1969 American Football League.
		Charlie Hennigan (born 1935, first professional football player to catch more than 100 passes in a season (101, 1964).)
		Paul Robinson (born 1944, 1968 American Football League Rookie of the Year)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_American_Football_League_players (402 words)

	Kenny Washington (I)
		He was a former Los Angeles Ram halfback and the first African American...
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	www.imdb.com /name/nm0913486 (402 words)

	Encyclopedia: Robert Smith (football)
		High school running back A running back, halfback or tailback is the position of a player on an American football team who lines up in the offensive backfield.
		The NFL Network is an American specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League.
		Robert Smith was a running back who starred at Ohio State and later for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Robert-Smith-(football) (584 words)

	iwasthinking
		Fritz Pollard, an All-America halfback from Brown University was a pro football pioneer in more ways than one.
		Burl Toler was named by NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle to be the first African-American football field judge in the NFL.
		James Harris became the first African-American quarterback to be a starter in the NFL, throwing for the Los Angeles Rams.
	iwt.blogspot.com (2250 words)

	Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame
		A halfback on the football team, he played second base for the baseball team, leading the team in home runs and their best record in 10 years.
		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)

	Football
		The game that Princeton and Rutgers played was a form of association football, forerunner of later-day soccer, as was the game that Princeton and Yale played in 1873 (Princeton 3, Yale 0) in a match that inaugurated the longest continuous rivalry in American intercollegiate football.
		Football was first played at Princeton on crisp fall afternoons in the 1840s when students gathered behind Nassau Hall for impromptu games.
		Although Princeton's football fortunes suffered a slump through the mid-seventies, autumn afternoons in Palmer Stadium were brightened periodically by fine individual performances that brought new records and awards.
	etcweb1.princeton.edu /CampusWWW/Companion/football.html (3518 words)

	profile.asp?ID=43&sport=football
		In the days of the flying wedge, when there were no forward passes thrown, this diminutive athlete led his team at halfback and quarterback; and, in an era when the team captain was a virtual coach, Phil captained both the baseball and football teams.
		Phil was a first-team All-American from 1891-1893, one of the few four-time All-American selections the game has ever known (he was an All-American at baseball, too).
		In this era, the captain of the team was virtually the coach, and King was considered the finest captain in the country.
	www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?ID=43&sport=football (3518 words)

	UGA African American Studies
		His intelligence and athletic skill won him a scholarship to Amherst College, where he was captain of the track team, starting halfback on the football team, and an honors student.
		He is perhaps best known for his work in founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909 and helping it to become the country's single most influential organization for African Americans.
		Du Bois argued for the creation of a black elite which would win social equality for African Americans by winning the respect of powerful educated whites.
	www.uga.edu /~iaas/History.html (3518 words)

	Professional. (from FOOTBALL) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The group of teams that became the National Football League (NFL) was organized in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (changing its name in 1922), with Jim Thorpe as its nominal president.
		U.S. football halfback John Vincent McNally was noted for his skill as a pass receiver and his exceptional speed.
		George was elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-232564?tocId=232564 (3518 words)

	Professional. (from FOOTBALL) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The group of teams that became the National Football League (NFL) was organized in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (changing its name in 1922), with Jim Thorpe as its nominal president.
		U.S. football halfback John Vincent McNally was noted for his skill as a pass receiver and his exceptional speed.
		George was elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-232564?tocId=232564 (795 words)

	Georgia High School Football Historians Association. Recording the History of Georgia Football. GHSFHA.org
		Hayes, Lawrence (Boys 1930-32) halfback, led Purple Hurricanes to their first state championship, ran for 181 yards in the title game against Lanier, led a beach assault at the Battle of Tarawa in November of 1943
		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 (795 words)

	Georgia High School Football Historians Association. Recording the History of Georgia Football. GHSFHA.org
		Hayes, Lawrence (Boys 1930-32) halfback, led Purple Hurricanes to their first state championship, ran for 181 yards in the title game against Lanier, led a beach assault at the Battle of Tarawa in November of 1943
		Fincher, Bill (Tech 1913-16) two-time All-American at Georgia Tech 1918 and 1920, famous for using a horse collar for shoulder pads at Tech High
		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
	www.ghsfha.com /who48.php (795 words)

	Georgia High School Football Historians Association. Recording the History of Georgia Football. GHSFHA.org
		Hayes, Lawrence (Boys 1930-32) halfback, led Purple Hurricanes to their first state championship, ran for 181 yards in the title game against Lanier, led a beach assault at the Battle of Tarawa in November of 1943
		Fincher, Bill (Tech 1913-16) two-time All-American at Georgia Tech 1918 and 1920, famous for using a horse collar for shoulder pads at Tech High
		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
	www.ghsfha.com /who48.php (795 words)

	Georgia High School Football Historians Association. Recording the History of Georgia Football. GHSFHA.org
		Hayes, Lawrence (Boys 1930-32) halfback, led Purple Hurricanes to their first state championship, ran for 181 yards in the title game against Lanier, led a beach assault at the Battle of Tarawa in November of 1943
		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
	www.ghsfha.com /who48.php (795 words)

	American football -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		In 1883 the number of players was reduced, at Camp's urging, to eleven, and Camp introduced the soon standard arrangement of a seven-man offensive line with a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a fullback.
		On September 3, 1895 the first professional football game was played, in (Click link for more info and facts about Latrobe, Pennsylvania) Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe (Click link for more info and facts about YMCA) YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club.
		In 1882 the system of downs was introduced to thwart Princeton's and Yale's strategy of controlling the ball without trying to score.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/american_football.htm (5404 words)

	Paul Lowe
		Lowe was the American Football League MVP in 1963 with 1,121 yards rushing (14-game schedule), a two-time all-American Football League selection, and a halfback on the All-time All-AFL Team.
		Lowe had the American Football League's all-time highest rushing average, at 4.9 yds/carry, and is one of only twenty players who were in the American Football League for its entire ten-year existence.
		He returned his first touch of the football in the American Football League for a 105 yard touchdown in the Chargers first-ever exhibition game, and had the Chargers' longest run from scrimmage with an 87-yard run in 1961.
	www.enlightenweb.net /p/pa/paul_lowe.html (5404 words)

	Encyclopedia: Paul Lowe
		Lowe was the American Football League MVP in 1963 with 1,121 yards rushing (14-game schedule), a two-time all-American Football League selection, and a halfback on the All-Time All-AFL Team.
		Lowe had the American Football League's all-time highest rushing average, at 4.89 yds/carry, and is one of only twenty players who were in the American Football League for its entire ten-year existence.
		He returned his first touch of the football in the American Football League for a 105 yard touchdown in the Chargers first-ever exhibition game, and had the Chargers' longest run from scrimmage with an 87-yard run in 1961.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paul-Lowe (225 words)

	Gene Mingo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eugene Mingo (born September 22, 1938 in Akron, Ohio) was the first black field goal kicker in professional football in the United States, and was a very versatile American football player, playing several positions including halfback, kicker, and kickoff/punt returner.
		He led the American Football League in scoring as a rookie in 1960 with 123 points and in 1962 with 137 points.
		In the 1961 season opener at War Memorial Stadium against the Buffalo Bills, Mingo threw two touchdown passes, from the halfback position, to help the Broncos win 22-10: a 50-yarder to Lionel Taylor in the first quarter, and a 52-yarder to Taylor in the third.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gene_Mingo (199 words)

	Gene Mingo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eugene Mingo (born September 22, 1938 in Akron, Ohio) was the first black field goal kicker in professional football in the United States, and was a very versatile American football player, playing several positions including halfback, kicker, and kickoff/punt returner.
		He led the American Football League in scoring as a rookie in 1960 with 123 points and in 1962 with 137 points.
		In the 1961 season opener at War Memorial Stadium against the Buffalo Bills, Mingo threw two touchdown passes, from the halfback position, to help the Broncos win 22-10: a 50-yarder to Lionel Taylor in the first quarter, and a 52-yarder to Taylor in the third.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gene_Mingo (199 words)

	Gene Mingo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eugene Mingo (born September 22, 1938 in Akron, Ohio) was the first black field goal kicker in professional football in the United States, and was a very versatile American football player, playing several positions including halfback, kicker, and kickoff/punt returner.
		In 1960, he had the first punt return for a touchdown for the Denver Broncos in the American Football League.
		In the 1961 season opener at War Memorial Stadium against the Buffalo Bills, Mingo threw two touchdown passes, from the halfback position, to help the Broncos win 22-10: a 50-yarder to Lionel Taylor in the first quarter, and a 52-yarder to Taylor in the third.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gene_Mingo (208 words)

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