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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 992653" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>Well, as I alluded in my introductory comments, the term QB, HB and FB have surprising origins. They are not derived from American football but Irish rugby. I will not bother with the lengthy explanation since anyone can look it up but it had to do with the position in a formation relative to one’s own goal. One may recall that the first American football game was an odd hybrid of rugby and soccer and new American rules. Rules, numbers of players and the like were not standardized until later.</p><p></p><p>But the single wing discussion is fascinating to me because originally the QB was not the field general that they are now. Without the forward pass they certainly were less important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 992653, member: 1640"] Well, as I alluded in my introductory comments, the term QB, HB and FB have surprising origins. They are not derived from American football but Irish rugby. I will not bother with the lengthy explanation since anyone can look it up but it had to do with the position in a formation relative to one’s own goal. One may recall that the first American football game was an odd hybrid of rugby and soccer and new American rules. Rules, numbers of players and the like were not standardized until later. But the single wing discussion is fascinating to me because originally the QB was not the field general that they are now. Without the forward pass they certainly were less important. [/QUOTE]
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