[Ads-l] Antedating of "Sack" (U.S. Football, Verb and Noun)

[Shapiro, Fred]

sack (OED, v.1 d., 1969)

1968 _Progress-Bulletin_ (Pomona, Cal.) 5 Apr. 3:1/1 (Newspapers.com)

Jones sacked that opposing QB 26 times !


sack (OED, n.1 I.1.j., 1972)

1971 _Dayton Daily News_ 3 Sept. 11/1 (Newspapers.com)

May ... relieved Reid against Pittsburgh and on his first play got credit for the first quarterback sack of the year.


Fred Shapirp

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