middle guard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of middle guard
1870–75, for an earlier sense
Example Sentences
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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
Glover, a two-time All-America, has been unstoppable as a middle guard for the Cornhuskers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
When shaken gently for middle guard, he dressed sleepily, added a pair of white Angora chaps to his afternoon attire, and stumbled out into the murky moonlight.
From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by Bower, B. M.
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