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Bob Butler (guard)
Robert Parker Butler (April 4, 1891 – December 17, 1959) was an American gridiron football player best known for playing college football for the University of Wisconsin. Nicknamed "Butts", he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. Biography Butler was born in 1891 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and attended high school in neighboring Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair, where he played High school football, football (as a Fullback (gridiron football), fullback) and High school basketball, basketball (as a Guard (basketball), guard) as a member of the class of 1910 at Montclair High School (New Jersey), Montclair High School. Butler played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers football team during the 1911–1913 seasons. He played as an End (gridiron football), end during his sophomore season, when the 1911 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 1911 Badgers had a 5–1–1 record. Thereafter, he played as a Tackle (gridiron fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tackle (gridiron Football Position)
Tackle is a playing position in gridiron football. Historically, in the one-platoon system prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a tackle played on both offense and defense. In the modern system of specialized units, offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions, and the stand-alone term "tackle" refers to the offensive tackle position only. The offensive tackle (OT, T) is a position on the offensive line, left and right. Like other offensive linemen, their job is to block: to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football and enable him to advance the football and eventually score a touchdown. The term "tackle" is a vestige of an earlier era of football in which the same players played both offense and defense. A tackle is the strong position on the offensive line. They power their blocks with quick steps and maneuverability. The tackles are mostly in charge of the outside protection. Usually they defend a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
