They are responsible for directing plays, making the position equivalent to that of play-making midfielder in association football, setter in volleyball, quarterback in American football, or center in ice hockey.
He qualified as an expert with every weapon in army's arsenal and took up boxing and American football.
Brentwood was highly successful in sports competition, winning nine state football championships between 1969, when it was founded, and 1997.
The younger Gerhardt attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he earned a reputation as a skilled football, baseball and polo player.
The Finger Lakes Falcons are an independent women's football team based in the Finger Lakes area of New York and set to begin play for 2012.
The Goodyear Silents were a semi-professional football team based in Akron, Ohio, composed of deaf players.
Grainger Park was shared by the Kinston Eagles of the Coastal Plain League and the Grainger High School Red Devils who used it for both baseball and football.
In American football, an offensive strategy based on running the ball rather than relying on the forward pass
During his sophomore year in 1948, he developed an interest in American football and managed to make the school's team, though he was small for his age.
Robinson was already famous in the United States for having thrown, in 1906, the first forward pass in an American football game.
He attended Gainesville High School, where he was a stand-out athlete, leading the swimming and football teams.
(October 3, 1870 – September 26, 1955) was a World War I general, a businessman, a professional football player and a banker.
They became notorious when several men identified as members of the Rollin' 60 were arrested by police investigating the murders of the family of Kermit Alexander, an All-American football icon.
One is directed by Joseph Kahn, features an American football game between the "Flys" sic and the "Lemons" filmed at the Houston Astrodome, and contains various inside jokes and references to the band's past, such as the team names themselves - which were the titles of two U2 singles released in the '90s.
In each episode the sports agents were given assignments that allowed them to demonstrate their skills and talents as agents for Cody as he deliberated on which agent would ultimately be hired to manage his multi-million dollar American football career.
In addition to the above mentioned Football Manager, there are several text-based sim games in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, even wrestling.
For example: An American football win probability system would take several variables into consideration most notably: score, time left, and field position.
In the fall of 2006, WREC assumed the broadcast rights for the football and basketball teams of the University of Memphis.
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At about 9:35PM, a second and much more significant tornado touched down near the campus of Texas Tech University, snapping light poles at Jones Stadium, home of the Red Raider football team, then began to track northeast, carving a path of destruction that at its peak reached almost two miles in width right through the heart of the city.
Pittsburgh again, down by 11 nearly made it a 4-point game when WR Hines Ward leapt into the end zone, but fumbled from a John Lynch (American football) tackle, whereby the Broncos safety Curome Cox recovered the fumble.
The Chargers' defense stifled the Raiders' running game, holding Raiders RB Lamont Jordan to 20 yards on 10 carries, and recorded 9 quarterback sacks against Raiders QBs Aaron Brooks and Andrew Walter.
Matthew Adam Crossett (born March 14, 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American football punter/Kicker (American football) in the National Football League for the Indianapolis Colts.
Alvord Wolff (born c. 1918) was an American football player who played for Santa Clara University was selected as a consensus All-American at the tackle position in 1938.
Beecher is coached by former NFL player Courtney Hawkins, while Northwestern also has a famous alum as a coach, Andre Rison.
Pro football player Dana Howard and baseball player Homer Bush, then a high school football star, are among those in the book.
Booker Reese (born September 20, 1959) is a former American Football defensive end who played four seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Los Angeles Rams from 1982 to 1985 in the National Football League.
In December 2012, Herron and former players Raymond Austin and Gerry Sullivan filed a lawsuit against the NFL over their handling of concussions.
Brown, along with his brother Arthur, were named in a report from Yahoo! Sports alleging that student-athletes, coaches and administrators were aware and received impermissible benefits from an ex-booster Nevin Shapiro.
Notable alumni include former professional football player Marvin Jones, Oklahoma State Representative Jason Murphey, Rhode Island State Representative Larry Valencia, and Connecticut television news anchor Al Terzi.
Her father is a U.S. Air Force officer who was in the Pentagon at the time of the September 11 attacks and is a former football player who played for the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Then he announced with Jeremy Leman and Tony Banks the Louisiana Tech at Illinois game in Champaign Illinois.
He was the vice president and general manager of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League from 2009 to 2011.
Dan Neal (born August 30, 1949 in Corbin, Kentucky) is a former American Football player who played offensive line for eleven seasons between 1973 and 1983 for the Baltimore Colts and the Chicago Bears.
For most of his college career, Dickey was a backup to star quarterbacks Alan Cockrell and Tony Robinson.
Dexter Wright Draper (May 23, 1881 – August 22, 1961) was an American football player and coach, as well as a pediatrician.
Douglas Claydon Van Horn (born June 24, 1944 in Sedalia, Missouri) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and New York Giants.
The Florida Tech Panthers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Florida Institute of Technology located in the U.S. state of Florida.
In football, Veenker had responsibility for coaching the ends, including College Football Hall of Fame end, Bennie Oosterbaan.
According to Richard Carlton Haney in his book Canceled Due to Racism, the impetus for Gibbs's bill was probably the preceding Sugar Bowl game in New Orleans in January 1956, when the University of Pittsburgh brought a black fullback, Bobby Grier, for the game with Georgia Tech of Atlanta, Georgia.
Harlan Charles Huckleby (born December 30, 1957) is a former professional American football running back and kick returner who was drafted by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).
Jeffery Lavell Posey (born August 14, 1975 in Bassfield, Mississippi) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League.
Jesse Rodriguez (August 7, 1901 – October 12, 1983) was a professional football player for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League.
In 2005 he signed with the Georgia Force, on the first day of the AFL's free agency signing period, where he rejoined former teammates and coaches from Dallas, Offensive coordinator Steve Thonn, WR/LB Dialleo Burks and WR/DB Luke Leverson.
While coaching the Gators basketball team, he also served as an assistant coach for the Florida Gators football team under head coaches Bob Woodruff and Ray Graves.
Josh Heinrich Taves (aka Josh Heinrich; born May 13, 1972, in Watsonville, California) is a former professional American football player.
In May 2010, Zolciak met Atlanta Falcons football player Kroy Biermann at the charity event Dancing with Atlanta Stars.
Detmer was released after the Eagles signed former Eagle A. J. Feeley as their backup and moved punter Dirk Johnson into the role of kick holder.
During high school, Mucitelli practiced football, basketball and baseball and earned multiple honors within these sports.
In Riley's second stint at OSU, the Beavers have produced three current NFL quarterbacks, Sean Canfield, Matt Moore, and Derek Anderson.
Rouse was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he played football at Oak Ridge High School.
After signing with the Lions, Burleson has given himself two nicknames; Nate "Touchdown" Burleson and "Recepticon," keeping with the Transformers-themed nickname "Megatron" established for fellow receiver Calvin Johnson.
The nickel defense originated as an innovation of Philadelphia Eagles defensive coach Jerry Williams in 1960 as a measure to defend against star tight end Mike Ditka of the Chicago Bears.
Nicky John Savoie (born on September 21, 1973 in Cut Off, Louisiana) is a former American football tight end who has a one year career in the National Football League.
Patrick Travis Swilling (born October 25, 1964) is a former American football linebacker in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, and Oakland Raiders, and a former delegate in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Paul Anthony Schwegler, born May 22, 1907 to immigrant parents from Germany and Russian Poland, was an American football defensive tackle.
One common reason teams platoon quarterbacks is because one player is a good passer and the other a good runner (see for example Stanley Jackson and Joe Germaine of the 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes).
Having become WAPA's top sportscaster, Bracero then took over the transmissions of BSN basketball games (which he shared with Manolo Rivera Morales and Fufi Santori), most of the boxing telecasts, MLB baseball games and football games.
Raymond DeWayne Clayborn (born January 2, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas), is a former American Football cornerback who played for the New England Patriots (1977–1989) and Cleveland Browns (1990, 1991) in the NFL.
Reggie's cousin, Tony Collins, was also an ECU running back, along with eventual Washington Redskins teammates Kelvin Bryant and Earnest Byner.
His walk-on music at the Lakeside was the theme tune to NFL on Fox, which related to van Eijden being a huge American football fan, in particular the San Francisco 49ers.
Ronald Donovan Davenport (born December 22, 1962 in Somerset, Bermuda) is a former professional American football fullback in the National Football League.
While attending East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) to play NCAA Division II American football, he became involved in theater after taking acting classes with Erma Duricko.
From 1948-1950, the former professional football player George Doherty coached at Stamps High School and turned a winless team into two district championships and a second-place finish statewide.
The school's football field was at one time the home of the Tonawanda Kardex, a professional football team, who achieved fame by playing in just one game as a member of the National Football League in 1921.
This has been greatly popularized by the success of coaches such as Rich Rodriguez, Mark Helfrich, and Urban Meyer.