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Definition of Rushers
1. rusher [n] - See also: rusher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rushers
Literary usage of Rushers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stevens Indicator by Stevens Institute of Technology (1884)
"Superior kicking and good work by the rushers carried the play past Stevens' 25
yard line, where the ground was hotly contested for several minutes. ..."
2. Athletics at Princeton: A History by Frank Presbrey, James Hugh Moffatt (1901)
"The latter made a beautiful run through the Harvard rushers, but was stopped by
... Baker ran through the rushers and half backs, but was downed by Cowling. ..."
3. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"Each party or " team " consists of eleven persons, namely, seven rushers or
Forwards, a Quarter Back, two Half Backs, and one Full Back or Goal Tend. ..."
4. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1891)
"A foot-ball team consists of seven " rushers," known as centre rusher, ...
Between the two lines of rushers, five yards directly in front of the centre ..."
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