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March 30, 2006

Red Hickey Dies

Red Hickey, football coach and inventor of the shotgun offense, die at 89. Football fans may think the shotgun got its name from the center "shooting" the ball to the quarterback. Not so. According to the AP it was "so named by Hickey because it sprayed receivers around the field."

Add that to your knowledge bank of useless facts. I bet Ken Jennings didn't know that.

Godspeed, Red.

"Shotgun Formation Inventor Red Hickey Dies"

[Added to OTB's Beltway Traffic Jam.]

Posted by Sean Hackbarth in Sports at 09:17 PM | Comments (0)