One of the top experts in early football rules history Timothy P. Brown joins us on the discussion to research some creative early kicking plays of Coach Fielding H. Yost. Was Yost the first one to devise a fake field goal play? Tim helps us learn about the play and the parties involved plus more in this episode.
First Fake Field Goal?
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The Fake Field Goals
The First Fake Field Goal has often been attributed to Coach Fielding Yost. Timothy P. Brown has some research evidence that in a way he was a part of the first fake field goal but maybe not in the way we once may have thought.
Here is a link to the original article where Tim explores https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/fielding-yost-and-the-first-fake back on a Tidbit posted on February 11, 2023.
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Banner image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of Coach Yost and Big Bill Edmunds and circa 1910.