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Definition of Fair catch

1. Noun. (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled.

Definition of Fair catch

1. Noun. (American football) A call on a kicking play in which the receiver waves his hand to indicate that he will not run with the ball, assuring that he will not be tackled after catching it. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fair Catch

Literary usage of Fair catch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"that he is going to make a fair catch, no opponent may ... A signal for a fair catch does not protect from interference any other player of the catcher's ..."

2. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by the by Walter Camp (1915)
"(a) When a player has an with opportunity opportunity to make a fair catch, oppo- for making fair nents who are off-side shall not in any way catch, ..."

3. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"(a) A fair catch consists in catching the ball after it has been kicked by one of the ... It is not a fair catch if the ball, after the kick, was touched by ..."

4. American Physical Education Review by American Physical Education Association (1920)
"It shall be considered a fair catch when a ball is secured and held before ... Failing to make a fair throw or a fair catch. Touching any post or wall, etc. ..."

5. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of by Henry Chadwick (1884)
"A fair catch under our college rules can only be made, however, ... When the ball is thrown out from " touch," however, no fair catch can be made from it. ..."

6. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell (London) (1896)
"In case of any infringement the Referee shall, on a claim by the opposite side, order a scrummage to be formed at the spot where the fair catch was made. ..."

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