Nose Guard (1966) and Nose Tackle (1977)

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   These two Eskimos were rubbing noses, and then the jilted husband/wife
comes in and makes a "nose tackle."  These etymologies are simple.
   The newly revised OED has "nose guard" from 1974.  "Nose guard" came
before "nose tackle."  If the "nose guard" makes a "tackle," that comes up as a
"nose tackle" hit on the idiotic Ancestry search engine, making life diificult.
   Here's a bit more on the nose.


   22 October 1966, SPORTING NEWS, pg. 37, col. 1:
   Gossett is especially proud of LaGrones's starring role in his movies
because at "nose" guard, usually defenders are lost in the trenches of line play.

   24 October 1966, CHILICOTHER CONSTITUTION-TRIBUNE (Chilicothe, Missouri),
pg. 2?, col. 7:
   The early loss of nose guard Granville Liggins hurt the Sooners.

   10 December 1966, SPORTING NEWS, pg. 7, col. 2:
   Nose guard John LaGrone has already been named to most of the All- (Col.
3--ed.) America teams,...

   8 December 1977, CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM (Elyria, Ohio), pg. D-10, col. 1 (AP
football story):
   "It's become a tighter race, but it's still ours to win," New Orleans nose
tackle Jim Wilks said.