Fred Barry (actor)
Frederick Barry (July 31, 1948 – August 16, 2016) was a professional American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). Barry played 9 games for the 1970 Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel .... References 1948 births 2016 deaths American football defensive backs Pittsburgh Steelers players Boston University Terriers football players Players of American football from Washington County, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Washington, Pennsylvania 20th-century American sportsmen {{Defensiveback-1940s-stub ...
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Defensive Back
In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the defensive linemen who play directly on the line of scrimmage, and the linebackers, who play in the middle of the defense, between the defensive line and the defensive backs. Among the defensive backs, there are two main types, cornerbacks, which play nearer the line of scrimmage and the sideline, whose main role is to cover the opposing team's wide receivers, and the Safety (gridiron football position), safeties, who play further back near the center of the field, and who act as the last line of defense. American defensive formations usually includes two of each, a left and right cornerback, as well as a strong safety and a free safety, with the free safety tending to play further back than the strong safety. In Canadian football, which ha ...
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