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"Buttigieg is sort of a blocking back for Biden in that scenario," Maslin said.

That moment seemed to crystallize Ryan's transformation from a disciple of Jack Kemp to a blocking back for Donald Trump.

He was mostly a specialist blocking back and finished his career with a total of 30 catches and 12 rushes in 24 games.

Defensive end KeShun Freeman, in the game as a blocking back, took the direct snap and ran 3 yards for a first down.

"We were the blocking-back, clearing space for the quarterback to do what we wanted him to do," said J Street's president, Jeremy Ben-Ami, in 2011.

His older brother, Jack, who went on to play blocking back in the single wing for Tulane, honed Y. A.'s football skills when he played junior high and high school football.

One such false friend, J Street, a "progressive" organization that exists "to be the president's blocking-back in Congress" and to give cover to Democrats abandoning Israel, has endorsed almost all of the signatories of the aforementioned letters.

He fell in love with lacrosse, which he played at Yale, and football while a student in the late 1970s and early 1980s at the Lawrenceville School, a boarding school in Lawrence, N.J. As a 165-pound teenager, Tsai played as a blocking back in a single-wing formation on offense, and as an inside linebacker in a thoroughly outdated 5-2 defense.

Blocking back Harry Harris also contributed by adding one rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter.

He also served the team as a blocking back for Guyon in 13-6 loss to the Minneapolis Marines.

Meyers played for the Hammond Pros during the 1920 APFA season. He was a defensive back, wingback (running back) and blocking back (quarterback).

Some playbooks referred to this player as the blocking back. The quarterback also had to handle the ball by faking, handing off, or optioning to other backs.

Arthur Charles Quam (July 10, 1896 – May 1, 1973), known as Red Quam, was an American football blocking back for the Duluth Eskimos of the National Football League.

Len Calligaro (June 24, 1921 – June 15, 2011) was a blocking back in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the New York Giants during the 1944 NFL season.

Rudick played on offense where he was known as an excellent blocking back and for his "hard-hitting style" of carrying the ball and on defense for his "jarring tackles".

Marecic made the Browns roster, contributing in 2011 primarily as a blocking back for running backs Peyton Hillis and Montario Hardesty. He was cut by the Browns on August 27, 2013.

Ward Bishop Saunders (July 5, 1892 – October 16, 1959) was a blocking back in the National Football League. He was a member of the Toledo Maroons during the 1922 NFL season.

Charles A. Richardson (September 12, 1906 – March 27, 1977) was a blocking back in the National Football League. He was a member of the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1925 NFL season.

Edwin Schellhase Rate (May 27, 1899 – March 31, 1990) was a blocking back who played in the National Football League. He was a member of the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1923 NFL season.

Clark invited Moore for a tryout, and Moore impressed. He played for two seasons as a blocking back and linebacker for the Lions. He appeared in 15 games during the 1940 and 1941 seasons.

In 1946 he returned to his dual role as blocking back and linebacker, though he missed a few games with injuries. Against Baylor that year, he blocked a punt late in the game that allowed Texas to seal their victory. In 1947, new coach Blair Cherry took over and installed the T-formation, which did not use a blocking back. Because he was so strong on defense, Halfpenny was too good to be benched, but in the days of platoon football had to have an offensive position.

George Harrison Burnside (January 21, 1899 – November 1, 1962) was a blocking back in the National Football League. He played with the Racine Tornadoes during the 1926 NFL season. He died on November 1, 1962 in Seattle.

Wesley Elmer Barbour II (February 2, 1919 – February 10, 1993) was an American football blocking back and linebacker who played for the National Football League's New York Giants during the 1945 season. After attending Durham High School, Barbour played college football at Wake Forest for four years. He captained the team in 1943 (as a co-captain) and 1944, his junior and senior years. Barbour was an all-conference team selection in both years, and won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the best blocking back in the Southern Conference as a senior.

Thomas J. Holleran (June 24, 1897 – October 21, 1930) was an American football blocking back who played two seasons for two different teams, Akron Pros in 1920 and the Toledo Maroons in 1922 of the National Football League.

A halfback, typically a back-up, can also play upback, which is a blocking back who lines up approximately 1–3 yards behind the line of scrimmage in punting situations and usually receive snaps on a fake punt.

McWatters was a member of the North Texas State Eagles for three seasons. He became a starter as a sophomore and was used primarily as a blocking back. McWatters left the team after his junior year to play professionally.

James Leon Pense (February 5, 1922 – January 22, 2015) was an American football blocking back who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Arkansas and attended Bartlesville High School in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Dickson Lafayette Hendley (August 6, 1926 – October 31, 2014) was an American football blocking back who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Clemson University, having previously attended Greenville High School.. Hendley's grandson is professional golfer Lucas Glover.

Ulinski was born in Pittsburgh and attended Ambridge Area High School in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. After graduating, he went to Marshall University in West Virginia, where he played as a blocking back and an end on the school's football team opposite Frank Gatski, later a teammate on the Cleveland Browns. Ulinski was named to an all-West Virginia team in 1940, and was selected as a little All-American in 1941. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1942 during World War II and played for the Second Air Force Super-Bombers football team as a blocking back in 1944.

Greene was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round (35th overall pick) of the 1944 NFL Draft. As a rookie in 1944, Greene appeared in nine games, five of them as a starter. He was used principally as a blocking back.

Robert Charles O'Connor (January 27, 1904 – May 2, 1998) was a guard, tackle and blocking back in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. O'Connor played collegiate ball for Stanford University and played professionally for one season, in 1935.

At Arizona State, Smith served as a blocking back for J.R. Redmond after moving to fullback from the linebacker position. He had twenty-two carries for 129 yards (5.7 yards-per-carry average) with one touchdown, and added eleven receptions for 95 yards.

His 440-pound bench press, 630-pound back squat, 385-pound power clean are UNC records for a fullback. He was called the "best blocking back" in the ACC by The Sporting News.(May 18, 2005). Madison Hedgecock, FB-DE, North Carolina USA Today.

The game turned on a 66-yard pass from tailback1954 Arkansas Razorbacks Varsity Football Roster. Photo. Retrieved on January 15, 2009. Buddy Bob Benson to blocking back Preston Carpenter, the only score of the game. The halfback pass gave Arkansas the 6-0 in War Memorial Stadium.

Justice attended and played college football at Gonzaga University, playing in the 1930s under the coaching of Mike Pecarovich. Justice was selected to play for the West in the 1936 East–West Shrine Game. During this game he was named best blocking back and best defensive back.

Nott was born in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1911. He attended Ann Arbor High School where he played football as a blocking back. In addition to football, Nott also won varsity letters in basketball, baseball and swimming at Ann Arbor High.1930 University of Detroit yearbook, page 30.

However, some formations have placed the heavy back even more starkly forward, to function as a blocker for the running backs. In the diagram below of the V formation used by Dartmouth College in the 1950s, the respective position names have been rationalized as "BB" (a not-very-popular designation, "blocking back") and RB: E T G C G T E QB BB RB RB (The running and blocking backs can be seen to form a letter V.) However, in its time the running backs were known as halfbacks and the blocking back as fullback. Another such example is the I formation, shown below in a with- wingback version: WR T G C G T TE WB QB FB TB The diagram shows the more geometrically rational designation of tailback behind the fullback. However, some would label the deepest back in this form of deuce backfield "HB", considering one halfback to have moved behind the fullback, who is in both the role of blocking back and the heavy up-the-middle runner.

He scored two touchdowns against Iowa upon his return. In the season finale on November 24 against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Kindt scored three touchdowns despite being used as a "blocking back" in a 26–12 win. The Badgers finished the season with a 3–4–2 record.

Robert Grant "Bob" Adkins (February 17, 1917 – December 6, 1997) was an American football blocking back, defensive end, guard and linebacker in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Adkins played collegiate ball for Marshall University and professionally in the NFL for 3 seasons.

Jacque Sumpter Jenkins (May 6, 1921 - April 30, 1982) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Vanderbilt University where he was an All-SEC blocking back, and was drafted in the first round (tenth overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft.

It was the first time Texas ever finished the season ranked. In 1942 Collins was moved to quarterback, which in the single-wing formation was also known as the "blocking back". The quarterback did not pass or handle the ball as much as they do in modern offenses, but did call the plays.

Roehl received a scholarship to play college football at North Dakota State University, as a running back. As a freshman, Roehl played in all 11 games during his first year at NDSU. However, he was primarily used as a blocking back. Roehl only carried the ball twice for 14 yards that season.

On August 2, 2012, DiMarco was signed by the Chiefs. He played the last 5 games of the 2012 NFL season for the Chiefs as the principle blocking back, out of the fullback position, for running back Jamaal Charles, starting 4 games. On May 2, 2013, the Kansas City Chiefs released DiMarco.

Eldridge redshirted the 2005 season but as a Freshman in 2006 he converted to tight end and did most of his work in three-tight end sets or as a blocking back. He was characterized by coaches as one of the top blockers on the team and had three receptions on the season, including a long of 10 yards against Oregon State. As a Sophomore he saw playing time at fullback position where he was an All-Big 12 award winnerBig 12 2007 Winner List and had six starts as a tight end, playing in two or three-tight end sets or as a blocking back. He had two receptions for 23 yards against Texas A&M;, including a career-long 12-yard catch.

On receipt of the "blocking back" bell the Kirkpatrick signalman would not have been permitted to offer another Up train to Quintinshill until he had received the "obstruction removed" bell from the Quintinshill signalman to confirm that the shunted train was clear of the Up line. However, although the "train out of section" signal was belled to Kirkpatrick the "blocking back" signal was never sent. Significantly, the "train out of section" signal was sent at 6.34 am immediately after Signalman Tinsley arrived in the signalbox and at the moment when responsibility for working the box was being handed over. Both of the Quintinshill signalmen subsequently claimed that the other man had been the one to send the "train out of section" signal.

He was second in the NFL in long reception (75), third in touchdowns (8; still the team's all-time rookie record) and yards/rushing attempt (5.3), fourth in yards from scrimmage (614), and sixth in points scored (48). He led the Eagles in touchdowns and scoring, despite having been primarily a blocking back in college.

Hampton shared the Gators' backfield with fellow running backs John L. Williams and Neal Anderson from 1982 to 1984,Kevin Brockway, " Where are they now? Lorenzo Hampton," The Gainesville Sun (August 1, 2010). Retrieved August 29, 2011. and he was often used as a blocking back when Williams and Anderson were the ball carriers.

Alexander was born in Galveston, Texas. He played football at Ball High School, where his role as a player was primarily as a blocking back. As a result, opportunities to show his ability were limited; he did not manage 1,000 yards in his entire prep career and was only recruited by a handful of colleges.

At the University of Arkansas, Carpenter was an outstanding single-wing blocking back and linebacker for the Razorbacks in 1953 and 1954. In 1954, he caught a 66-yard touchdown pass against Ole Miss in one of the most famous plays in Razorbacks history. He was an All-Southwest Conference selection in 1955 as a halfback.

Joseph Magliolo, Jr. (October 17, 1922 - July 31, 2008) was a former college and professional football player. He was a two-time All-American honorable mention, once as a "blocking back" and once as a guard, who played in Texas' first two bowl games and then played a season for the New York Yankees of the AAFC.

K2 was located on Vashon Island, just west of Seattle, a few hours northwest of White Pass. The Mahre twins worked extensively with the company throughout their careers, developing custom race skis ideally suited to their needs. Mahre graduated from Naches High School and also played football as a blocking back and linebacker for the Rangers.

In a typical formation, the fullback would line up three and one-half yards behind the long-side guard. One and one-half yards behind the tackle or guard, would be the quarterback or blocking back. Finally, the wingback aligns himself to the outside of the opposing defensive tackle. He is only one yard off the line.

William T. "Butch" Simas (August 31, 1908 – May 24, 1989) was an American football player. He played college football at Saint Mary's (CA) and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a quarterback and blocking back for the Chicago Cardinals. He appeared in 10 NFL games, five as a starter, during the 1932 and 1933 seasons.

Joseph Carlton McGlone (September 12, 1896 – January 25, 1963) was an American football blocking back who played one season with the Providence Steam Roller of the National Football League. He played college football at Harvard University and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He was also a member of the Boston Bulldogs of the American Football League.

He was the primary blocking back for featured tailback Emmitt Smith in 1987, 1988 and 1989, and was also a team captain as a senior in 1989. Smith was recognized as a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Academic Honor Roll honoree in 1987, 1988 and 1989, and he graduated with a bachelor's degree in public health in 1990.

Magliolo started school at Texas in 1939 and from 1940 to 1942 he came out for spring football practice, but it wasn't until the fall of 1942, when World War II created a shortage of players, that he tried out for the varsity. That season, despite being an unheralded high school player whose parents didn't want him to play, Magliolo became Coach Dana X. Bible's choice for starting quarterback, or "blocking back", at the beginning of the season. At the time, Texas was utilizing the single-wing formation in which the quarterback didn't pass or control the ball as much as the quarterback does in modern football, and was often called the "blocking back." The work of taking snaps and throwing the ball was primarily handled by the fullback, who in 1942 was Roy McKay.

Thus, Halfpenny moved from blocking back to guard on offense. He missed the first game of the season with an injured knee, but finished his career at the 1948 Sugar Bowl. After graduation in 1948, he went to work for the Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co. in Austin. He was married to Carolyn Nunnallee in 1955, and had three children.

John Lee (March 28, 1917 – July 13, 1972) was an American football blocking back who played on season for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the NFL. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 10th round of the 81st pick of the 1939 NFL Draft. He played college football at Carnegie Mellon University for the Carnegie Mellon Tartans football team.

Maurice J. "Moxie" Dalton was a blocking back in the National Football League. He played with the Racine Legion during the 1922 NFL season. He died in 1957 of a heart attack."Pro Grid Vet Dies", San Antonio Light, Wednesday, January 30, 1957, San Antonio, Texas, United States Of America At the time of his death he worked at an engineering company in Chicago.

In 1949, Dworsky was the first round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dons of the All- America Football Conference. The Dons were the first professional football team in Los Angeles. Dworsky played eleven games with the Dons in 1949, his only season in professional football. Dworsky played linebacker and blocking back for the Dons and had one interception and one kick return for 14 yards.

End Zone is Don DeLillo's second novel, published in 1972. It is a light- hearted farce that foreshadows much of his later, more mature work. Set at small Logos College in West Texas, End Zone is narrated in first person by Gary Harkness, a blocking back on the American football team during the school's first integrated year. Critics are divided on the literary merit of End Zone.

Sigmund "Sig" Harris (July 2, 1883 – November 8, 1964) was an American college football player. He was University of Minnesota's All-American quarterback in 1902–04, for powerful teams under Dr. Henry L. Williams. He was also a plucky, blocking back, punter, punt returner, and defensive safety, and played a critical role in the Little Brown Jug game between Minnesota and Michigan in 1903.

Horween also played four seasons in the NFL, as a fullback, halfback, and blocking back (quarterback) for the Racine Cardinals and the Chicago Cardinals. He was a player-coach for the Cardinals. Later, he was Harvard's head football coach, from 1925 to 1930. His brother Ralph Horween was also an All-American football player for Harvard, and also played and coached in the NFL for the Cardinals.

Trebotich began his professional football in 1943 with the Oakland Giants of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League. The following year, he joined the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He appeared in 19 NFL games, five as a starter, as a blocking back for the Lions during the 1944 and 1945 seasons. In December 1945, Trebotich returned to the Oakland Giants.

The Redskins's most productive year in Boston came in 1936. It started with the first annual NFL Draft on February 8, 1936, where the Redskins had the second overall pick. Their first selection as an NFL team was Riley Smith, a blocking back from Alabama. The first player ever selected in the draft, Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger, chose not to play pro football.

He scored four touchdowns and also made two tackles in kick coverage. By his junior year, Kentucky frequently opened with a fullback in the lineup, giving him 11 starts in 13 games. In a game versus Georgia, Conner set career highs with seven rushes for 26 yards. Prior to his senior season, Conner was named the "best blocking back" in the Southeastern Conference in the Birmingham News 2009 preseason edition.

While unpopular today, the key innovations of the T still dominate offensive football. The T was the first offense in which the quarterback took the snap from under center and then either handed off or dropped back to pass.Yost, pp. 96-99. Other offenses up until the 1940s used the quarterback (usually called the "blocking back") primarily as a blocker and the snap usually went to a halfback or tailback.

Victor "Vic" Michael Spadaccini (March 2, 1916April 28, 1981) was a professional American football fullback in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Cleveland Rams. A blocking back on offense, he was primary used as a blocker and pass-catcher out of the backfield. His best season was 1939 when he caught 32 passes (a high total for that era) for 292 yards and 1 touchdown.

Frederickson graduated from South Broward High School in Hollywood, Florida. A two-way player, he then attended Auburn University in Alabama, averaging 4.4 yards per carry on offense and leading the Tigers football team in interceptions as a safety on defense. In 1963 he won the Jacobs Award as the best blocking back in the Southeastern Conference. He won it again in 1964, and was sixth in the Heisman Trophy race.

The Staten Island Stapletons also known as the Staten Island Stapes were a professional American football team founded in 1915 that played in the National Football League from 1929 to 1932. The team was based in the Stapleton section of Staten Island. They played under the shortened nickname the "Stapes" the final two seasons. Jack Shapiro, who was a blocking back for the Stapletons, was the shortest player in NFL history.

Willhite severely tore his hamstring during his senior high school track season in 1982 and then suffered further injuries at the University of Oregon during his freshman season, which resulted in him redshirting in 1982. He had an undistinguished college football career. Because of the effect of his injuries, he was switched to fullback where he was used mostly as a blocking back. He became a starter his senior year.

Truett Henry Smith (March 17, 1924 – December 29, 2000) was an American football blocking back who played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 32nd round of the 1948 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the Steelers in the seventh round of the 1950 NFL Draft. Smith first enrolled at the University of Wyoming before transferring to Mississippi State University.

Between 1924 and 1927, Corgan played 30 games as an end or blocking back in the National Football League for the Kansas City Blues/Cowboys, Hartford Blues and New York Giants. Corgan's baseball career began to attract attention in the Western League in 1925. The Brooklyn Robins purchased his contract that year. He played 33 major league games for the Robins, mostly as a second baseman or shortstop, in 1925 and 1927.

Harry O'Boyle (October 31, 1904 - May 5, 1994) was a blocking back in the National Football League. He first was a member of the Green Bay Packers for two seasons, however he did not see any playing time during a regular season game during his second season. After two seasons away from the NFL, he re- joined the Packers for the 1933 NFL season. The following season, he played with the Philadelphia Eagles.

"Giants' Finn Is the Anonymous Blocking Back", The New York Times, November 11, 2005. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Just last week Finn brought to work a tape from his days at Bergen Catholic High School, which Finn carried to a New Jersey state championship, and showed it to teammates between meetings." An All-State pick in both sports, he was the 189-pound class state champion and posted a 33-2 record as a senior.

Thomas "Tom" Denmark Burnette (July 29, 1915 – September 9, 1994) was a Blocking back American football player who played one season for two teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of North Carolina for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team. Burnette was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 64th pick in the 1938 NFL Draft.

Jimmy Simpson (October 6, 1897 – August 7, 1979) was a blocking back in the National Football League. Simpson first played with the Toledo Maroons during the 1922 NFL season. The following season, he was a member of the St. Louis All-Stars, but did not see any playing time during a regular season game. He played with the Kenosha Maroons during his final season, after the Toledo Maroons made the move from Toledo, Ohio to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The one thing that stands out to me is that we scored in the first two minutes. I had thrown a flat pass to our blocking back on a fake for a 60-yard play to about their four-yard line. Ace Gutowsky punched it over for the score and I kicked the extra point. If we celebrated when we made a touchdown like the way they do today we would have been hooted off the field.

The inquest opened on 25 May but was immediately adjourned until 23 June to allow Lt-Col. Druitt to finish his investigation. After two days hearing evidence from, among others, Tinsley, Meakin and Hutchinson, Strong summed up the evidence to the nineteen-man jury. He highlighted that if Meakin and Tinsley had obeyed the rules on any of (a) blocking back, (b) lever collars or (c) a correctly kept train register, they could not have forgotten the stationary train.

On May 31, 2017, Burton was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Bears. On September 10, 2017, in his Bears debut, Burton had one rush for seven yards in the 23–17 home loss to the Atlanta Falcons at Soldier Field. On the 2017 season, he had four carries for nine rushing yards to go along with two receptions for eight receiving yards. In 2018, Burton played in eight games with one start, mostly working as a blocking back.

When Scheidman left the University of Iowa, he signed with the Green Bay Packers and played mainly Blocking back, the forerunner to a fullback, on offense. He played with the Packers from 1935 to 1939 and was a member of their 1936 and 1939 league titles. Schneidman played in 40 games for the Packers with 16 starts. He rushed 13 times for 37 yards during his career and caught seven passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns.

Adrian Peterson lined up at halfback A halfback (HB) is an offensive position in American football, whose duties involve lining up in the backfieldHalfback lineup in a play archived from NFL.com and carrying the ball on most rushing plays, i.e. a running back. When the principal ball carrier lines up deep in the backfield, and especially when that player is placed behind another player (usually a blocking back), as in the I formation, that player is instead referred to as a tailback.

In 1929, Shapiro played in one NFL game with Staten Island. As the shortest player in the history of the NFL, Shapiro played as a blocking back in the Stapletons' 34-0 victory over the Minneapolis Red Jackets. Shapiro later stated that he was, in fact, on the Stapletons roster for five games, playing in two regular-season games and one exhibition game. The regular-season games were late in the season against the Minneapolis Red Jackets and Orange Tornadoes.

Galbos was selected in the ninth round of the 1973 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but opted to instead sign with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Roughriders traded him to the Calgary Stampeders before the start of his rookie season. That season he served primarily as a blocking back for Willie Burden. Galbos was traded to the Montreal Alouettes during the 1977 season and was a member of the team as they won the Grey Cup.

As a freshman in 1996, he was a member of the Gators team that defeated the Florida State Seminoles 52–20 in the Sugar Bowl to win the Bowl Alliance national championship. Used mostly as a blocking back, he had two games where he rushed for 100 yards or more during the first three seasons of his college career. Prior to his senior season in 1999, he switched to defense and became a starting linebacker.GatorZone.com, Football History, 1999 Roster, Eugene McCaslin.

Originally he was not allowed to run forward of the line of scrimmage: The quarterback in this context was often called the "blocking back" as their duties usually involved blocking after the initial handoff. The "fullback" was the furthest back behind the line of scrimmage. The "halfback" was halfway between the fullback and the line of scrimmage, and the "quarter-back" was halfway between the halfback and the line of scrimmage. Hence, he was called a "quarter-back" by Walter Camp.

Among coaches, single-wing football denotes a formation using a long snap from center as well as a deceptive scheme that evolved from Glenn "Pop" Warner's offensive style. Traditionally, the single-wing was an offensive formation that featured a core of four backs including a tailback, a fullback, a quarterback (blocking back), and a wingback. Linemen were set "unbalanced", with two on one side of the center and four on the other. This was done by moving the off-side guard or tackle to the strong side.

Their uncle, Jack Boyle, had a long career with the Phillies, then became nearly as renowned as the owner of a bar in downtown Cincinnati. In 1954 Steve's father, Don, was a blocking back for Johnny Majors at the University of Tennessee. And Steve's older brother, Jim, was a forward on the Providence hockey team that reached the Frozen Four in 1983. He recalled his businessman father making him look up words in their big red dictionary so he could report on what they meant.

Linemen L. C. Greenwood, Joe Greene, as well as Ernie Holmes and Dwight White, linebackers Jack Ham, and Jack Lambert had a collective level of talent unseen before in the NFL. The teams that won Super Bowls IX and X used a run-oriented offense, primarily featuring Franco Harris and blocking back Rocky Bleier. Over the next few years, Terry Bradshaw matured into an outstanding passer, and the teams that won Super Bowls XIII and XIV fully utilized the receiving tandem of Lynn Swann and John Stallworth.

In American football, the upback (also known as the punt protector or personal protector) is a blocking back who lines up approximately 1-3 yards behind the line of scrimmage in punting situations. Because the punter plays so far back, the upback frequently makes the line calls and calls for the snap to be received by the punter. Their primary role is to act as the last line of defense for the punter. Upbacks may occasionally receive the snap instead of the punter on fake punts.

The Redskins name was retired in 2020, with the team taking on the temporarily branding of the Washington Football Team. Washington's first draft selection was Riley Smith, a blocking back from Alabama, in 1936. Every year in April, each NFL team seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on.

He was considered the team's best blocking and defensive back, but four games into the season, he broke his arm in the Oklahoma game and missed the end of the season. Despite the short season for him, he made Wirt Gammon's All- American Blockers team that year. In 1947, the Longhorns switched to the T-formation which did not need a blocking back, and Magliolo was moved to left guard. Despite the change in position, he was 3rd Team All-Southwest Conference and an honorable mention All-American as the Longhorns went 10-1.

In 1946 he returned to the University of Texas, but with Texas' transition to the t-formation a blocking back was no longer needed, so he was moved back to offensive guard. Despite his years away from Austin, he was named co-captain of the football team as the Longhorns went 8–2. He was again recognized as an All-Southwest Conference 2nd Team player this time as a guard. Following the season, he played in the 1947 East-West all star game in San Francisco and the College All-Star game in Chicago.

On November 4, 2006, he caught his first touchdown reception in a win against the University of North Texas. Morris finished the season with 16 receptions for 284 yards and three touchdowns. Morris played in all 12 games as a sophomore and had nine catches for 79 yards. In addition to playing tight end, he was also used as a blocking back and running back in goal-line situations. On September 8, 2007, he scored his first career rushing touchdown in a 45-44 overtime loss against the University of Hawaii.

Tony Chickillo was a defensive tackle who had fought back from a crushed pelvis to become a starter for the University of Miami. Wide receiver Rheugene Branton had been a star player at Tampa's C. Leon King High School. Hasson Arbubakrr was compared to a smaller version of Booker Reese. Weldon Ledbetter, Marcus Dupree's blocking back at Oklahoma, was considered to have slim chances against incumbent James Wilder Sr.. Mark Witte was considered to have the same problem, behind Jimmie Giles and Jim Obradovich on the depth chart.

Butkus, who was playing as a blocking back, ran into the end zone and leapt to receive the pass for the winning score. Butkus later called the play his favorite of his career. Despite the statistical output, for the first time since 1966 Butkus was not named to a major All-Pro first team, instead earning second-team honors from the NEA and Pro Football Writers Association. Butkus sparked controversy in 1972 with the release of Stop-Action, a memoir describing the final week of the 1971 season.

He chose USC over the University of Oklahoma because OU did not offer football scholarships in those early days and Jerry desired to receive a scholarship. He played blocking back for the All-American halfback Erny Pinckert. His team won the 1932 Rose Bowl game against Tulane University when Spann assisted Pinckert with blocks that allowed USC to pull off a pair of double reverses that produced touchdown runs. Spann was on the USC team when they won the 1930 Rose Bowl game against the University of Pittsburgh.

John Raymond Patrick (January 16, 1918 — April 29, 2000) was an American football blocking back who played for three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1941, 1945, and 1946. He played college football for Penn State before being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 12th round (101st overall) of the 1941 NFL Draft. His rights were transferred to the Steelers due to the events later referred to as the Pennsylvania Polka. He served in World War II for the United States Army before rejoining the Steelers in 1945.

Martin started college at the University of Texas in 1938 playing on a freshman team that went 2-1. He was a starter at the beginning of the 1939 season, but was badly injured in the second game of the year against Wisconsin. He suffered an internal injury, and was rushed to the infirmary. He spent 10 days in the hospital and missed the rest of the season. Martin recovered and was the starting quarterback, also known as the blocking back at the time, of the Texas Longhorns in 1940 and 1941.

In September 1946, Kennedy entered Harvard as a junior, having received credit for his time in the V-12 program. He worked hard to make the varsity football team as an end; he was a starter and scored a touchdown in the first game of his senior year before breaking his leg in practice. He earned his varsity letter when his coach sent him in wearing a cast during the last minutes of a game against Yale. His father spoke positively of him when he served as a blocking back and sometime receiver for the faster Dave Hackett.

In the original single wing, the primary ball handler was called the "tailback" and "quarterback" was used as a blocking back. In American and Canadian football, a single-wing formation was a precursor to the modern spread or shotgun formation. The term usually connotes formations in which the snap is tossed rather than handed—formations with one wingback and a handed snap are commonly called "wing T" or "winged T". Created by Glenn "Pop" Warner, the single wing was superior to the T formation in its ability to get an extra eligible receiver down field.Powers, Francis J. (1969).

Brown's eight-year professional career was spent exclusively with the Washington Redskins. The team had selected him as an afterthought, in the eighth round of the 1969 NFL/AFL draft in January. Though Washington was primarily a passing team, starring All-Pro quarterback Sonny Jurgensen, and in 1967, they had the NFL's first (Charley Taylor), second (tight end Jerry Smith) and fourth ranked receivers in passes caught, they needed a productive rusher. Brown was an unlikely candidate, having served as a blocking back for Cornelius Davis at Kansas State, where the sophomore quarterback, Lynn Dickey, broke all school passing records.

Anderson was born in Toccoa, Georgia, the only son of Ethel Bennett and Robert Anderson. As a teenager, he began his early weight training and gaming on his own in his family's backyard to increase his size and strength so that he would be able to play on the Toccoa High School football team, where he earned a position as first-team blocking back. He used special homemade weights that his father created out of concrete poured into a wooden form. Anderson later attended Furman University for one year on a football scholarship before moving to Elizabethton, Tennessee with his parents.

In the original single wing, the primary ball handler was called the "tailback" and "quarterback" was used as a blocking back. This archaic formation was popular for most of the first 50 years of modern American football, but it is rare today, except as a novelty. There are many variations of the single wing with really the only common threads being that, first, rather than lining up "under center", the quarterback (actually called a tailback back in the day) is lined up a few yards behind with running backs generally on one side of him.The single wing formation, at coachwyatt.

Princeton put six men on the line and had one designated quarterback, while Yale used seven linemen, one quarterback and two halfbacks who lined up on either side of the fullback. This was the origin of the T-formation, an offensive set that remained in use for many decades afterward and gained popularity in professional football starting in the 1930s. An image of the single-wing formation, a popular formation and offensive scheme created in the early 1900s. Like many early formations, the quarterback did not receive the ball from center, and instead served as a blocking back.

In the single-wing, the quarterback was positioned behind the line of scrimmage and was flanked by a tailback, fullback and wingback. He served largely as a blocking back; the tailback typically took the snap, either running forward with the ball or making a lateral pass to one of the other players in the backfield. The quarterback's job was usually to make blocks upfield to help the tailback or fullback gain yards. Passing plays were rare in the single- wing, an unbalanced power formation where four linemen lined up to one side of the center and two lined up to the other.

Immediately after the empty coal train had stopped in the Up loop, two crucial failures in block signalling procedure occurred. Firstly, as soon as the "train out of section" bell code had been telegraphed to Kirkpatrick signalbox to advise that the empty wagon train was out of the section and clear of the Up main line at Quintinshill, the Quintinshill signalman should have followed this up by sending the "blocking back" bell code to Kirkpatrick. This would have advised the Kirkpatrick signalman that another train (i.e. the Down local) was occupying the Up main line inside the Quintinshill home signal.

Henry Victor Bradford (March 5, 1915 – June 10, 1994) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. As an amateur athlete, Bradford was a blocking back for the University of Alabama football team, the Crimson Tide, and played in the 1938 Rose Bowl Game. A multi-sport athlete, he was signed by the New York Giants in 1943. After his poor eyesight was fixed by surgery, his military draft status changed from 3-A to 1-A and he enlisted in the Navy's Aviation Cadet Training Program located on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.

Following the season, Martin was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round of the 1942 NFL Draft. He played blocking back for the Steelers in 1942, catching several passes and scoring two touchdowns. He later joined the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and become a Flight Officer stationed in Shamshernagar, India, flying airlift missions over the Hump. In June 1945, the AAF announced plans to form seven football teams and in August, Martin was selected to ship out to Berry Field in Nashville to play for the Air Transport Command Rockets that year.

Tom McGee Moran (December 10, 1899 – July 4, 1933) was an American football blocking back who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Centre College and attended Horse Cave High School in Horse Cave, Kentucky. His father, Charley Moran, was a Major League Baseball player and college football coach. Prior to his playing career in the NFL, he was a coach at Carson–Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and he also served as short time as the interim coach of the Frankford Yellow Jackets while his father, Charley Moran, officiated the 1927 World Series.

In 1943 Bleeker played for the Los Angeles Bulldogs in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League (PCFL). He broke into the National Football League and was the NFL’s top receiver in his rookie year of 1944, as Bleeker played 9 games for the Philadelphia Eagles, starting three of them. That season, he was second in the NFL in long reception (75), third in touchdowns (8; still the team's all-time rookie record) and yards/rushing attempt (5.3), fourth in yards from scrimmage (614), and sixth in points scored (48). That season he led the Eagles in touchdowns and scoring, despite having been primarily a blocking back in college.

Horween played fullback, tailback, and blocking back (quarterback) in the National Football League for four years, in 32 games, for the Racine Cardinals (in the American Professional Football Association, the predecessor to the NFL) in 1921 and the Chicago Cardinals (as the Cardinals changed their name) from 1922 to 1924. He was a player–coach for the Cardinals from 1923 to 1924. Arnold's brother Ralph Horween, alongside whom he played football at Harvard and in the NFL In 1922–23, Horween appeared in all 11 games and scored 4 rushing touchdowns as the Cardinals were 8–3–0. In 1923–24, the team was 8–4–0.

But in what turned out to be a crucial momentum-shifting play, Lattimore made a leaping interception of a Foles pass on the Saints' 21-yard line with 13:35 left in the half. New Orleans then drove to a 4th-and-1 on their own 30-yard line and sent their punt unit onto the field. Playing from the blocking back position in the formation, backup quarterback Taysom Hill took a direct snap and ran four yards for a first down, extending the drive. On the next play, Brees completed a 42-yard pass to Michael Thomas on the Eagles' 24-yard line.

There are a large number of other errors specified in the rules, although most of them are infrequent occurrences. These errors include back-row or libero players spiking the ball or blocking (back-row players may spike the ball if they jump from behind the attack line), players not being in the correct position when the ball is served, attacking the serve in the frontcourt and above the height of the net, using another player as a source of support to reach the ball, stepping over the back boundary line when serving, taking more than 8 seconds to serve, or playing the ball when it is above the opponent's court.

Kinney was the second of three Nebraska Cornhuskers selected in the first round of the 1972 NFL draft; QB Jerry Tagge was taken 11th by his hometown team, the Green Bay Packers, and DT Larry Jacobson was selected by the New York Giants with the 24th overall pick, immediately after. At the start of his fifth season in the NFL in 1976, he was released by the Chiefs after the first game and picked up by the Buffalo Bills in mid-September. Kinney was picked up to replace the injured Jim Braxton as the blocking back for O. J. Simpson. A few weeks after being waived, Kinney gained 114 yards against the Chiefs.

He also then began utilizing sets of two tight ends as blockers mainly to protect his quarterbacks from Lawrence Taylor. He believed having an extra blocker on the line would make it easier to keep Taylor out of his backfield. By using different formations and motion before the ball was snapped, he also found that he could confuse defenders on whether the play would be a pass or a run. This formation has gained popularity in the NFL as teams have started trading out a fullback, or blocking back, in favor of another wide receiver or tight end who is usually faster and better able to receive the ball, while still helping the run game with down-field blocks.

Griffith was drafted in the ninth round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts, but never played a regular-season game for the Colts. Griffith made his NFL debut with the Los Angeles Rams in 1993. He played two seasons with the Rams, and then played two seasons with the Carolina Panthers after being selected in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft. In 1997, Griffith joined the Denver Broncos, and played five seasons for the Broncos primarily as a blocking back for Terrell Davis. He didn't get very many rushing attempts, but was often used as a receiver out of the backfield, recording 27 receptions in 1996 and 26 in 1999.

Hoppe was one of the most highly recruited football players of his era with 19 colleges seeking his commitment, including Auburn, Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana State, Miami, Rice, Indiana, SMU, and Texas Tech. He accepted a scholarship to play for Auburn under head football coach Shug Jordan.4\. Van Zant, Dexter, Chattanooga News-Free Press, 1953 After a high school career as a running back, Hoppe became known in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) both as a devastating blocking back from the right halfback position and as a hard hitting defensive back on the national championship team. He also continued to run the football and finished his Auburn career in 4th position on the all- time rushing list.7\.

Although it braked to a halt, it could not be cleared from the main line in time to avoid the collision. As a contributory factor to the crash, it was found that the signalman, in clearing the express, had disregarded a standing order known as Regulation 4A, governing the safe operation of signals in sections of track where the minimum stopping distance for trains was shorter than the distance between signals. He had given "line clear" for the express train to the preceding signal box before receiving the required clearance from the following signal box. Instead, he should have sent a "blocking back inside home signal" message to Bentley Heath, the preceding signal box, so that the express train could have been slowed in plenty of time by the Bentley Heath distant signal at caution.

With the Down loop occupied, night shift signalman Meakin decided to shunt the local passenger train onto the Up main line. At this point, the southbound empty coal train was standing at the Up Home signal to the north of Quintinshill, and accordingly it was still occupying the section from Kirkpatrick (the next signalbox to the north). This meant that signalman Meakin had not yet telegraphed Kirkpatrick the "train out of section" signal for the empty coal train, which in turn meant that he could not send the "blocking back" signal to advise the Kirkpatrick signalman that the local train was standing on the Up main line. Once the local train had crossed onto the Up main line, Meakin allowed the empty coal wagon train to proceed into the Up loop.

Retrieved on January 15, 2009. The contest would be decided by a 66-yard halfback pass from tailback Buddy Bob Benson to blocking back Preston Carpenter, the only score of the game. This is referred to as the Powder River Play, and "perhaps the most important in Arkansas football history to that time" by Orville Henry, a member of the 1954 team.1954 Arkansas Razorbacks Varsity Football Roster. Photo. Retrieved on January 15, 2009. The Hogs would get back to the Cotton Bowl Classic in 1954, only to be defeated by Georgia Tech. Future Arkansas head coach Frank Broyles was an assistant under Yellowjackets head coach Bobby Dodd in the game. The 1954 season was all the more impressive when it is considered that the team only had twenty-five players on the squad.

The failure to carry out the "blocking back" procedure enabled the Kirkpatrick signalman to offer the up troop train to Quintinshill, but as the down local train was standing on the Up main line inside the Quintinshill home signal the block regulations prohibited Signalman Tinsley from accepting the troop train. However, despite the facts that he had travelled to work on the footplate of the local train minutes earlier and that the train was standing in clear sight directly in front of the signalbox, Tinsley forgot about its presence. He therefore accepted the troop train and offered it forward to Gretna Junction, where it was accepted. In the absence of a lever collar on the Up Home signal lever to remind him the line was blocked, he pulled off the Up line signals to allow the troop train to run through Quintinshill.

The wingback is on the opposite side compared to the single-wing and the quarterback is the primary passer, rather than the tailback. The name of the formation was arbitrary, not from its slight resemblance to the letter "A", unlike formations named "I", "T", "V", and "Y" for the shapes formed by the backs' positioning; Owen labeled the standard single wing his team's "B" formation. One major advantage of the A is the center could snap the ball to any of three players; typically to the fullback or blocking back for runs and the quarterback for passes. The fourth back, the wingback, became a crucial part of the system when Owen introduced a half-spin sweep series in 1938 which featured a wide sweep play to the motioning wingback, a dive inside by the deep fullback, and a bootleg threat away from sweep action by the quarterback.

Another newspaper described Ghindia's performance as follows: > "Michigan's 'new' quarter-back, the veteran John Ghindia of Ecorse, Mich., a > lad who came up the hard way, from the reserves, and who started his first > game at the signal calling position against Stanford, will handle the field > general spot Saturday. The 179-pound blocking back, who handled the > generalship assignment reminiscent of Howard Yerges and Pete Elliott, > quarterbacks on the 1947 and 1948 championship teams respectively, pulled a > shaky first half team together and knitted into a confident, coordinated > outfit. Significant was the fact that his precision blocking paved the way > for the Wolverine running attack." The following week, Ghindia fumbled on Michigan's 13-yard line leading to an Army touchdown and a 14-0 deficit in the second quarter; Army defeated Michigan 21-7, ending Michigan's 25-game winning streak dating back to the 1946 season.

Jack Halfpenny, the son of Robert F. Halfpenny of Dallas, was a star football player at Dallas Sunset High School where he played well enough to be named to the 1944 Texas High School Coach's Association All-Star game. He played college football at the University of Texas where his athleticism allowed him to play an assortment of position, but always played linebacker on defense. In 1944 he played "blocking back", in front of Maxie Bell, but was better known for his play at linebacker. In 1945, starting quarterback Bobby Layne was serving in the merchant marines and Halfpenny was tapped to replace him in the first half of the season. Halfpenny, splitting time with former Rice and Southwestern player Fred Brechtel, led Texas to 5 straight victories and a #9 ranking, but lost his final game as quarterback to Rice University 7-6 on a missed extra point attempt that cost the Longhorns a perfect season.

The 1951 All-Pro Team consisted of American football players chosen by various selectors for the All-Pro team of the National Football League (NFL) for the 1951 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the Associated Press (AP) (chosen in a national poll of AP football writers), the United Press (UP) (selected by UP sports writers), and the New York Daily News. The All-Pro selections were dominated by players from the Cleveland Browns (nine first- team honorees including Otto Graham and Lou Groza), New York Giants (seven honorees including Emlen Tunnell), Los Angeles Rams (six first-team honorees including Elroy Hirsch), and Detroit Lions (four first-team honorees including Doak Walker). This was the first year that separate defensive and offensive teams were selected as up until this point most players had played both ways for much of the game (although this had decreased in the later 1940s), so a quarterback/tailback/ halfback on offense usually just became a defensive back similar to today's safety when playing defense while the fullback, usually a larger player, or a larger halfback (and before the T-formation, the quarterback, who was usually actually a blocking back on offence), would play a position similar to linebacker.