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Fair catch   /fɛr kætʃ/   Listen
Fair catch

noun
1.
(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.





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"Fair catch" Quotes from Famous Books



... Claflin returned it. Kendall misjudged the ball and it rolled to the Maroon's twelve yards. Milton fell on it there. Kendall and Norton gained two yards each through centre, and Norton punted to Brimfield's forty-five yard line, where Burrage made a fair catch. ...
— Left End Edwards • Ralph Henry Barbour


Words linked to "Fair catch" :   catch, snap, snatch, American football game, grab, American football


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