Alley-oop (American football)
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alley-oop-american-football-178-16261183
title:
Alley-oop (American football)
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The alley-oop is an American football play in which the quarterback throws the ball high into the air, and another player jumps up and catches it. Named after V. T. Hamlin's comic strip character Alley Oop, the play was developed in 1957 by San Francisco 49ers players R. C. Owens and Y. A. Tittle. The play was highly successful due to Owens' 6'3" frame and ability to out-leap defenders. Tittle said of the play: "With the Alley-Oop now considered to be a legitimate weapon, the only defense agains
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley-oop_(American_football)
date created:
2007-10-22T20:25:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T20:11:41Z
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