That is neat. Also so much interesting from that clip - the sled drill looks pretty different from how I recall doing it twenty plus years ago. Also interesting that everyone speaking in the movie had a vaguely tough guy new Yorker accent - inclusing Oklahoma born, Central PA schooled Jim Thorpe! Was that a Hollywood thing? Or is that how men were expected to talk?
The sled itself was different than any I ever saw. Another difference is that offensive linemen could only touch the defender with one arm at a time, so they did not put their off arm on the sled as players did more recently. Not sure about the accent thing, though I alway get a kick out of East Coast patrician accents back then ala FDR.
In the vein of movies about kickers, have you seen The World’s Greatest Kicker?
https://youtu.be/yjCf52tw7fQ?si=3Usxc7OIAuapNcTo
I'll check it out. Thanks
That is neat. Also so much interesting from that clip - the sled drill looks pretty different from how I recall doing it twenty plus years ago. Also interesting that everyone speaking in the movie had a vaguely tough guy new Yorker accent - inclusing Oklahoma born, Central PA schooled Jim Thorpe! Was that a Hollywood thing? Or is that how men were expected to talk?
The sled itself was different than any I ever saw. Another difference is that offensive linemen could only touch the defender with one arm at a time, so they did not put their off arm on the sled as players did more recently. Not sure about the accent thing, though I alway get a kick out of East Coast patrician accents back then ala FDR.
Man blocking rules evolution are crazy!
No record of Paul Hornung kicking one? He seemed to do everything else ..
Hornung was the Packers regular kicker at times and was a conventional placement kicker.