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Definition of Forward pass

1. Noun. A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.

Definition of Forward pass

1. Noun. (context: rugby and American football) A pass in the forward direction, advancing toward the goal, generally illegal except in American football, once per play, from behind the line of scrimmage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forward Pass

Literary usage of Forward pass

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

1. American Football by Charles Dudley Daly (1921)
"Were it not for the forward pass, the game of football would be more or less of a ... With the forward pass, the element of chance and speculation is ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"and consisted in operating the rolls by a reversing engine, which, as soon аз the metal had completed the forward pass, reversed the direction of the ..."

3. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by the by Walter Camp (1915)
"forward pass by side not putting ball in play 18 2 Running into full-back ... Interference by side making forward pass—prior to fourth down 17 3(o) Recovery ..."

4. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"The same penalty is given for an attempt to make a second forward pass in ... This is called an incompleted forward pass. No player of the attacking side is ..."

5. Football for Public and Player by Herbert Reed (1913)
"CHAPTER X THE FIELD AND ITS ZONES OF PLAY SHIFTS AND THE SLIDING DEFENSE AGAINST THEM THE KICKING GAME THE forward pass GENERALSHIP TIME was when the ..."

6. The Story of a Football Season by George Haydock Brooke (1907)
"A forward pass Frontispiece PAGE: AN ON-SIDE KICK 76 A PUNT FROM BEHIND GOAL 158 CARRYING BACK A PUNT 174 DIAGRAM I. Positions on Simple Attack and Defence ..."

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