Word: player
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...That after a free kick, except the kick-off, no player of the kicker's side shall touch the ball until it has been touched by an opponent...
...That between the 25-yard lines any player who has not advanced beyond the line of scrimmage may pass the ball in any direction...
...That a "fair catch" shall be a catch made from a kick by one of the opponents, provided the player before making the catch indicates his intention by holding his hand above his head with the arm fully extended and no other of his side touch the ball; that opponents shall not in any way interfere with a player who has signified his intention of making a fair catch, nor shall he be thrown after making such a catch; that after signifying his intention to make a fair catch a player shall not run with the ball; that the penalty...
...That before the ball is put in play in a scrimmage no player of the side which has the ball shall take any step in any direction, except that one man may be in motion toward his own goal...
...formation of a neutral zone between the two teams, as wide as the ball is long, will tend to keep the teams far enough apart to enable the officials to distinctly see every motion of every man in the line, and the fact that the minute a player puts any part of his body into this neutral zone he may be penalized for offside play will do away with much of the rough contact now possible in the line of scrimmage...