Antedating of "Quarterback"

[Fred Shapiro]

quarterback (OED 1895)

1881 _N.Y. Times_ 3 Nov. 8  University of Pennsylvania Team. ...
Quarter-back -- F. A. Packard, '82.


Fred Shapiro


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