Horse-Collar Tackle; Can't cover a baby with a blanket

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 02:18:13 EDT, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>HORSE COLLAR TACKLE
>...
>The "horse collar tackle" was recently banned by the NFL. The Budweiser
>horses can now breathe easier.

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1949 _Monessen Daily Independent_ (Pa.) 1 Sep. 5/3 (photo caption) Alonzo
Mays put a horse collar tackle on the burly ball-carrier.
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I don't see any other cites in the databases before 1969.


--Ben Zimmer