Today's Tidbit... Kicker Tricks Is A Dirty Business
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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. Auburn's little trick led the 1917 rules committee to outlaw artificial tees, which you'd think would end kicker tricks, but it did not.
Today's Tidbit... Kicker Tricks Is A Dirty Business
Today's Tidbit... Kicker Tricks Is A Dirty…
Today's Tidbit... Kicker Tricks Is A Dirty Business
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. Auburn's little trick led the 1917 rules committee to outlaw artificial tees, which you'd think would end kicker tricks, but it did not.