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   Where did the term sack come from?

   • The origin of the term "sack" in football can be traced back to the 1960s. It was popularized by Hall of Famer Deacon Jones, a fearsome defensive end renowned for his ability to take down quarterbacks. Jones, a member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" defensive line, is credited with coining the term.

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   What is a sack in football?

   • In football, sack refers to an instance of tackling the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. The term was, as far as we can tell, coined by David "Deacon" Jones, one of the NFL's most famous defensive linemen. He coined the term in the 1960s, when he was part of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome."

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   When was sack slang invented?

   • The baseball slang sense of "a base" is attested from 1913. The slang meaning "bunk, bed" is by 1825, originally nautical, hence many slang phrases, originally nautical, such as sack duty "sleep;" the verb meaning "go to bed" is recorded from 1946. Sack-race (n.) is attested from 1805.

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   What does sack mean?

   • The verb doesn't just refer to plundering a town for spoils (by bagging up, or sacking, everything) after its capture, but sack was formerly used to refer to executing a condemned person by sewing them up into a sack and drowning them. There are not many defensive plays that get their own interesting names—the sack is one, and the blitz is another.

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   Why is a bag called a sack?

   • The wide spread of this word for "a bag" probably is due to the incident in the Biblical story of Joseph in which a sack of corn figures (Genesis xliv). In English, the meaning "a sack or sack material used as an article of clothing" as a token of penitence or mourning is from c. 1200. The baseball slang sense of "a base" is attested from 1913.

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   What does sack race mean?

   • Sack-race (n.) is attested from 1805. "a dismissal from work," 1825, apparently from sack (n.1), perhaps from the notion of the worker going off with his tools in a bag. The original formula seems to have been give (someone) the sack. In early use sometimes also of a rejected suitor.

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   In football, sack refers to an instance of tackling the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. The term was, as far as we can tell, coined by David "Deacon" Jones, one of the NFL's most famous defensive linemen. He coined the term in the 1960s, when he was part of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome."

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   Oct 23, 2023 · The origin of the term "sack" in football can be traced back to the 1960s. It was popularized by Hall of Famer Deacon Jones, a fearsome defensive end renowned for his ability to take down quarterbacks.

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   Jun 16, 2013 · When Hall of Fame defensive lineman Deacon Jones passed, the tributes and memories included most prominently that he used the head slap and that he coined the term “sack.”.

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   Jul 2, 2022 · sack (n.4) "sherry," 1530s, an alteration of French (vin) sec "dry (wine)," from Latin siccus "dry" (see siccative). Originally of strong, light-colored wine from Spain and the Canaries. OED notes that the vowel is "not a normal development from the original ' seck.'. also from 1530s.

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   History. BYU quarterback Riley Nelson being sacked by Air Force. The term "sack" was first popularized in the 1960s by Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones, who felt that a quarterback being sacked devastated the offense in the same way that a city was devastated when it was sacked. [5]

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   Oct 20, 2022 · David ‘Deacon’ Jones, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman in the NFL and one of the most prolific sack artists in NFL history, popularized the term. He began using the term after hearing it used by his coach, George Allen, during one of his motivational speeches.

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   The earliest known use of the verb sack is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for sack is from around 1405, in the writing of Geoffrey Chaucer, poet and administrator. It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150).