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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast: Bobby Layne's Position Switch

Timothy P. Brown

Aug 2, 2022

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I cover and expand on one of my Articles or Tidbits each Tuesday. Click here to listen, or subscribe to Pigskin Dispatch wherever you get your podcasts.

Today’s podcast covers an article from May 3, 2022, Bobby Layne’s Position Switch.

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Today's Tidbit... Bobby Layne’s Position Switch

A passing fullback in the Single Wing, Layne became a quarterback as a senior when Texas switched to the T formation. Drafted by the Steelers, who ran the Single Wing, they traded him to the T-formation Bears. He made the 1950s All-Decade team at QB for his play with the Lions…

2 years ago · Timothy P. Brown

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