Understanding the Role of Fullback in American Football Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

former Philadelphia Eagles running back Perry Harrington was expected to compete for the starting fullback job in 1981 when he broke his leg in the fourth game of the season.

despite being an All-American running back with the University of Evansville, Sean Bennett played fullback at Northwestern.

coach Harry Kipke had to travel to the home of All-American Maynard Morrison in 1930 to seek his father's permission to switch Morrison from a fullback to a center.

in 1978, American football fullback Roland Harper rushed for 992 yards for the Chicago Bears, falling just 8 yards short of 1,000 in the same season teammate Walter Payton rushed for 1,395 yards.

the All-American football player John Maulbetsch was known as the "Featherweight Fullback" because he weighed only 155 pounds (70 kg) and ate two pies a day for dinner during his playing career.

two-time All-American fullback "Blondy" Graydon performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights".

the players selected for the 1935 College Football All-America Teams included SMU's "Iron Man" Wetsel, Stanford's "Vow Boy" Bobby Grayson, military historian Jac Weller, aspiring G-Man Paul Tangora, Charles Wasicek of the "unbeaten, untied and uninvited" Colgate team, Minnesota's "battering ram fullback" Sheldon Beise and tackles Ed Widseth and Dick Smith, Cal end Larry Lutz, Ohio State end Merle Wendt, Princeton second-generation All-American Gilbert Lea and Walter Winika, the first Rutgers varsity athlete killed in World War II.

Henry Schoellkopf, selected as an All-American fullback while attending Harvard Law School, later shot himself in the head at his Milwaukee law office.

University of Chicago fullback Clarence Herschberger (pictured) has been credited as the first player to run the Statue of Liberty play.

All-American fullback John Baird was forced to withdraw from Princeton in 1898 after playing a football game on a wet field while recovering from tonsilitis.

All-American fullback Bill Daley is the only person ever to win Little Brown Jug games playing for both Minnesota and Michigan.

Grantland Rice wrote that All-American football fullback Shep Homans, who played in every minute of all 22 games for Princeton in 1890 and 1891, "represented the football that used to be".

Michigan fullback Everett Sweeley set a college football record in 1902 when he kicked the ball 86 yards.

Michigan's "chunky fullback," "Bullet Bob" Westfall, known for his "spinner play," was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.

Michigan fullback Mel Anthony set a Rose Bowl record with an 84-yard touchdown run in 1965.

1930s NFL fullback "Iron Mike" Mikulak got his nickname because he wore a metal chest protector over his protuding sternum.

Understanding the Role of Fullback in American Football

1 Traditionally, the duties of a fullback are split between power running and blocking for the ________ on passing plays, and the running back on running plays.

2 In ________, a fullback (FB) is a position in the offensive backfield.

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