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kc361 Member Posts: 175	In need of a history lesson... Apr 9, 2008 6:49:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kc361 on Apr 9, 2008 6:49:39 GMT Coaches, In what year did the following offenses begin to be used? Full-T Split-T Wishbone "Broken" bone or "Flexible" wishbone Flexbone Thanks, in advance, for your help.

TIGER ONE Senior Member Posts: 6,423	In need of a history lesson... Apr 9, 2008 10:09:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by TIGER ONE on Apr 9, 2008 10:09:11 GMT FULL T SPLIT T = BOTH BECAME PREVELANT IN 50'S BONE- LATE 50'S EARLY 60'S BEAR BRYANT, WOODY HAYES BROKEN BONE- MID 70'S FLEX BONE- LATE 70'S EARLY 80'S (KEN HATFIELD INNOVATOR) Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
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Caveman Senior Member Posts: 258	In need of a history lesson... Apr 9, 2008 11:25:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Caveman on Apr 9, 2008 11:25:21 GMT Coach Easton, I think I read somewhere that the wishbone was developed at Texas by Darrel Royal and one of his assistants. Is that right? -Scott
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TIGER ONE Senior Member Posts: 6,423	In need of a history lesson... Apr 9, 2008 12:16:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by TIGER ONE on Apr 9, 2008 12:16:43 GMT Yes you are. Woody and Bear are famous for what they did with it. Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
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In need of a history lesson... Apr 10, 2008 12:40:17 GMT

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Post by Oneback on Apr 10, 2008 12:40:17 GMT

Full "Tight-T" was around over 100 years ago (at the DAWN of the game). Check out book by Michigan Coach Fielding Yost (written atound 1908) & it is in there. Made a comeback in the 1930's as the "BEAR-T" with George Halas (put up 73 points vs. Redskins in Championship game in 1941). Halas wrote a great book on the Tight-T. Knute Rockne lined up in the Full-T & either ran a play from it or shifted to the Notre Dame Box at ND (late 19/teens thru 1930). Frank Leahy wrote a good book about it while at Notre Dame in the 1940's.

"Split-T" invented by Don Faurot at Missouri in EARLY 1940's! You can still get his BOOK on the Split-T. Bud Wilkinson's bok on the Split-T was EXCELLENT!

Emory Bellard installed the "Wishbone" for Royal at Texas! They had a great film out on it.

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