Just as the original tees used by golfers were mounds of sand poured about the tee box, the tees used in early football were dirt mounds scraped up from nearby grassless patches. Yesterday's Tidbit addressed how Auburn circumvented that rule in 1916 by using the kicker's leather helmet as the tee or platform for a game-deciding field goal.
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Just as the original tees used by golfers were mounds of sand poured about the tee box, the tees used in early football were dirt mounds scraped up from nearby grassless patches. Yesterday's Tidbit addressed how Auburn circumvented that rule in 1916 by using the kicker's leather helmet as the tee or platform for a game-deciding field goal.