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Word: tackier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...over a cocktail. When he darts to the right, then spins around and throws a touchdown pass to the left, one of his favorite plays, he usually explains to his opponent: "Just a little thing we thought up . . . no deception intended." Once when an opposing tackier bounced him for the 19th time, Christman gazed up at him from the ground, said: "My boy, why don't you rest on your laurels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: Merry Christman | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...first period. For three periods California held that lead. Then the U. S. C. line forced a hole barely big enough for a wiry little quarterback named Irvine Warburton to wriggle through. He scampered this way and that for 60 yd., through the whole California team, outdistanced the last tackier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 6, 1933 | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

...Dame's 24-yd. line. In three plays Mohler & Shaver carried the ball to the loyd. line for another first down. This time Mohler dropped back and threw a lateral to Shaver who, circling his own left end, made 10 yd. and a touchdown, dragging a Notre Dame tackier across the goal line. When Baker, whose try for extra point after Southern California's first touchdown had been blocked, kicked the goal, it made the score Notre Dame 14, Southern California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 30, 1931 | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

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