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middle guard

noun

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


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Origin of middle guard1

1870–75, for an earlier sense
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Middle guard Tyrik Dixon, who missed the previous game due to concussion protocol, returned and played 12 minutes.

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The truck then collided with the middle guard rail, which ripped its side open.

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Woody beat up sideline yard markers, practicing for beating up a Clemson middle guard named Charlie Bauman, who had just intercepted a pass from Buckeyes quarterback Art Schlichter, the most enabled miscreant in the annals of the Big Ten.

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According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Chicago’s Bill George, who played middle guard in the then-widespread five-lineman scheme, noticed that the Eagles were waiting for him to make contact with the center, then completing short passes before he could scramble back into coverage.

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Former middle guard Stillwagon, 63, had been riding a motorcycle.

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