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Football

Football, also called American Football, is a team sport consisting of two teams each of which can have 11 players on the field at any given time.

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A defence in which players who are in pass coverage cover zones of the field, instead of individual players. Pure zone packages are seldom used; most defences employ some combination of zone and man ...

Unbalanced line

Sports; Football

Usually refers to an offensive formation which does not have an equal number of linemen on each side of the ball. Done to gain a blocking advantage on one side of the formation; typically one tackle ...

Linebacker

Sports; Football

A player position on defense. The linebackers typically play 1 to 3 yards behind the defensive linemen and have both run and pass defence responsibilities. However they are often called on to blitz, ...

Strong side

Sports; Football

Definition depends on the offensive formation. When a team uses one tight end, the strong side is the side of the field where the tight end lines up. If the offensive package uses no tight end, or ...

Ronald Duane Nery

Sports; Football

A professional American football defensive end in the American Football League. He played four seasons for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers (1960–1962), the Denver Broncos (1963), and the Houston ...

Tom Neumann

Sports; Football

A player in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots in 1963 as a halfback. He played at the collegiate level at Northern Michigan University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Joseph William Joe Namath

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A former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–1964, and ...