There was a guy I played with in HS a grade ahead of me that was a very good RB. He actually started as a freshman. That year he broke off this big run coming back toward the home side of the field right toward our bench. He had one guy to beat. It was a DB that had the angle and he caught up with him. They ‘chicken fought’ for about ten yards before the DB finally pulled him down and the RB fell on top of him. As they were going to the ground our guy (who was very hot headed) pulled back his fist and hit that DB in the stomach as hard as he could hit him. This happened right in front of our head coach and right in the open where everyone in the bleachers saw what happened. This was back in ‘68 and our coach was an older man that had played at NC State during the leather helmet years when you played both ways. He was very strong and he was tough! In one move he grabbed our RB by the face mask and held him up while he really lit in to him. When he got through he just tossed him to the side like an empty drink can. He did all this with just his left hand. He used the right one to point right in his face. This kid as a freshman probably weighed about 175 lbs. Now days they’d have suspended Randy for who knows how long and probably charged Coach with assault. Funniest thing I saw in all my years of school.
There was a guy I played with in HS a grade ahead of me that was a very good RB. He actually started as a freshman. That year he broke off this big run coming back toward the home side of the field right toward our bench. He had one guy to beat. It was a DB that had the angle and he caught up with him. They ‘chicken fought’ for about ten yards before the DB finally pulled him down and the RB fell on top of him. As they were going to the ground our guy (who was very hot headed) pulled back his fist and hit that DB in the stomach as hard as he could hit him. This happened right in front of our head coach and right in the open where everyone in the bleachers saw what happened. This was back in ‘68 and our coach was an older man that had played at NC State during the leather helmet years when you played both ways. He was very strong and he was tough! In one move he grabbed our RB by the face mask and held him up while he really lit in to him. When he got through he just tossed him to the side like an empty drink can. He did all this with just his left hand. He used the right one to point right in his face. This kid as a freshman probably weighed about 175 lbs. Now days they’d have suspended Randy for who knows how long and probably charged Coach with assault. Funniest thing I saw in all my years of school.