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middle guard

American  

noun

Football.
  1. a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.


Etymology

Origin of middle guard

1870–75, for an earlier sense


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Playing middle guard the for the Blackshirts, Glover also won the Outland and Lombardi awards as the best lineman in the country.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2011

Neale dropped his middle guard off the line and changed his Eagle into a variation of the 4-3.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2010

There are still two ends and two tackles, but such old-fashioned operators as the guards and center have lost out to an energetic strongman known as the middle guard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Glover, a two-time All-America, has been unstoppable as a middle guard for the Cornhuskers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Against this army, in this temper, Napoleon despatched what was left of that force which was the peculiar product of his life and genius, the old and middle guard.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane

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