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Paul F. Boudreau
Paul T. Boudreau (born December 30, 1949) is an American football coach who last served as offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He has served as the offensive line coach for eight different NFL teams, one Canadian Football League (CFL) team, and four college teams. No offensive line coach in the NFL has more experience as an assistant at the professional level than Boudreau, who entered his 29th season in 2015. Boudreau's offensive lines over the years have blocked for five running backs who crossed the 10,000-yard career rushing mark, including Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin, Thurman Thomas, Fred Taylor and Steven Jackson. Biography Early years Raised in Arlington, Massachusetts, Boudreau played offensive line at Arlington High School. Boudreau attended Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, New Jersey starting in 1967, where he played offensive guard and defensive tackle. He received All-Prep honors from the Newark Star Led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordentown Military Institute
The Bordentown Military Institute was a private high school in Bordentown, New Jersey, United States, from 1881 to 1973. History The institute was created in 1881, when Reverend William Bowen (minister), William Bowen purchased the Spring Villa Female Seminary building and reopened it as the Bordentown Military Institute. In 1972, it was merged with the Lenox School for Boys, Lenox School in Lenox, Massachusetts. The combined entity was shut down the following year as the Vietnam War reduced the popularity of a military education. Notable alumni * John Atamian (1942-2024), Canadian Football League player * Tim Berra (American football), Tim Berra (born 1951), wide receiver who played in the NFL for the History of the Baltimore Colts, Baltimore Colts * Don Browne (1943–2023), media executive who was president of Telemundo following a tenure at NBC News * Paul Boudreau (born 1949), NFL offensive line coach * Paul Costa (American football), Paul Costa (1941-2015), AFL tight end fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders (born July 16, 1968) is an American former professional football running back who played for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. Sanders led the league in rushing yards four times and in rushing touchdowns once, establishing himself as one of the most elusive runners in the history of the NFL with his quickness and agility, despite being only 5 ft 8 tall and weighing 203 lbs. Sanders played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. As a junior in 1988, he compiled what is widely considered the greatest individual season by a running back in college football history, rushing for 2,628 yards and 37 touchdowns in 11 games. He won the Heisman Trophy and was unanimously recognized as an All-American. Sanders was selected by the Lions in the 1989 NFL draft, and had an immediate impact in his rookie season, winning the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. In 1991, Sanders helped lead the Lions to their first po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford High School (Massachusetts)
Oxford High School is a public high school in Oxford, Massachusetts. The school is operated by the Oxford Public Schools district. Before the new building on Carbuncle Drive, the original Oxford High on Main Street was designed in 1906 by the architecture firm Cutting, Carleton & Cutting. Curriculum Oxford High offers three levels of courses for its students: college and career prep (CCSP), honors (H), and Advanced Placement (AP). For the latter, the school offers AP courses in biology, calculus, English literature, and United States history. All students are required to complete four years of English, mathematics, and physical education, as well as three years of social studies and science and two years of either Spanish or French. The school offers extracurricular activities such as skiing, band, theater, and chorus, as well as a Gay-Straight Alliance, which focuses on the acceptance of all community members. Additionally, there is a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Yukica
Joseph M. Yukica (May 27, 1931 – January 22, 2022) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire (1966–1967), Boston College (1968–1977), and Dartmouth College (1978–1986), compiling a career college football record of 111–93–4. Yukica played at Pennsylvania State University from 1949 to 1952. Early life Yukica was the son of a Croatian immigrant crane operator and a farmer's daughter. He was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and grew up in Midland, Pennsylvania. He didn't play football until his senior year at Midland High School, but played well enough to represent Beaver County in a high school all-star game, where he attracted the attention of a Penn State assistant. He played tight end under Rip Engle from 1949 to 1952 and was one of the top college receivers in the east. During his summer breaks, Yukica returned home and worked in the Crucible Specialty Steel plant's maintenance departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newark Star Ledger
''The Star-Ledger'' was the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey. It is based in Newark, New Jersey. The newspaper ceased print publication on February 2, 2025, but continues to publish a digital edition. In 2007, ''The Star-Ledger''s daily circulation was reportedly more than the next two largest New Jersey newspapers combined, and its Sunday circulation was larger than the next three papers combined. It suffered great declines in print circulation in recent years, to 180,000 daily in 2013, then to 114,000 "individually paid print circulation," which is the number of copies being bought by subscription or at newsstands, in 2015. In July 2013, the paper announced that it would sell its headquarters building in Newark. In the same year, Advance Publications announced it was exploring cost-saving changes among its New Jersey properties, but was not considering mergers or changes in publication frequency at any of the newspapers, nor the elimination of home delivery. On Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defensive Tackle
A defensive tackle (DT) is a position in American football that typically lines up on the line of scrimmage, opposite one of the Guard (American football), offensive guards; however, he may also line up opposite one of the offensive Tackle (gridiron football position), tackles. Defensive tackles are typically the largest and strongest of the defensive players. Depending on a team's defensive scheme, a defensive tackle may be called upon to fill several different roles. These may include merely holding the point of attack by refusing to be moved, or penetrating a certain gap between offensive linemen to break up a play in the opponent's backfield. If a defensive tackle reads a pass play, his primary responsibility is to pursue the quarterback, or simply knock the pass down at the line if it is within arm's reach. Other responsibilities of the defensive tackle may be to pursue the screen pass or drop into coverage in a zone blitz scheme. In a traditional 4–3 defense, there is no nos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offensive Guard
Offensive may refer to: * Offensive (military), type of military operation * Offensive, the former name of the Dutch political party Socialist Alternative (Netherlands), Socialist Alternative * Fighting words, spoken words which would have a tendency to cause acts of violence by the person to whom they are addressed * Pejorative words * Profanity, strongly impolite, rude or offensive language * Political correctness, non-offensive language See also * * Offense (other) * Offender (other) * Charm offensive (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordentown, New Jersey
Bordentown is a City (New Jersey), city in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 3,993, an increase of 69 (+1.8%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 3,924, which in turn reflected a decline of 45 (−1.1%) from the 3,969 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Bordentown is located at the confluence of the Delaware River, Blacks Creek, and Crosswicks Creek. The latter is the border between Burlington and Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer counties. Bordentown is the northernmost municipality in New Jersey that is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading-Camden, New Jersey, Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley. It sits about one-third of the distance from Center City, Philadelphia to Midtown Manhattan, New York, Manhattan; it is located south of the state capital Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlington High School (Arlington, Massachusetts)
Arlington High School is a public high school located in Arlington, Massachusetts. As of 2024, the school enrolled 1,609 students. In 2019, a town vote approved the phased construction of a new Arlington High School on the footprint of the existing campus. Site work began in 2020, with Phase 1 completed in 2023. The entire project, slated for completion by September 2025, is budgeted at $291 million. Arlington High has fared well in national school comparisons; in ''U.S. News 2024 rankings, it ranked 773rd of 17,655 American public high schools and 31st of 405 in Massachusetts. History Arlington's first high school, named Cotting Academy and then Cotting High School, was built in 1858 on what is still named Academy Street. It stood at 19 Academy, on the location of what is now the Arlington Center Historic District, Arlington Masonic Temple. In 1894, the town built a new Arlington High School across the street from its predecessor, at 20 Academy. That building has been repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offensive Line
In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line (OL), while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line (DL). A number of National Football League (NFL) rules specifically address restrictions and requirements for the offensive line, whose job is to help protect the quarterback from getting sacked for a loss or fumbling. The defensive line is covered by the same rules that apply to all defensive players. Linemen are usually the largest players on the field in both height and weight, since their positions usually require less running and more strength than skill positions. Offensive line The offensive line (OL) consists of the center, who is responsible for snapping the ball into play, two guards who flank the center, and two offensive tackles flanking these guards. In addition, a full offensive line may also include a tight end outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is six miles (10 km) northwest of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, and its population was 46,308 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History European colonists settled the Town of Arlington in 1635 as a village within the boundaries of Cambridge, Massachusetts, under the name Menotomy, an Algonquian languages, Algonquian word considered by some to mean "swift running water", though linguistic anthropologists dispute that translation. A larger area was incorporated on February 27, 1807, as West Cambridge, replacing Menotomy. This includes the town of Belmont, Massachusetts, Belmont, and outwards to the shore of the Mystic River, which had previously been part of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Charlestown. The town was renamed Arlington on April 30, 1867, in honor of those buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The Massachusett tribe lived around the Mystic Lakes, the Mystic River, and Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Jackson
Steven Rashad Jackson (born July 22, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the St. Louis Rams. He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and was selected in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft by the Rams, where he spent his first nine seasons. In his final three seasons, he was a member of the Atlanta Falcons from 2013 to 2014 and the New England Patriots in 2015. Named to three Pro Bowls and two All-Pro teams during his Rams tenure, Jackson is the franchise's all-time leading rusher. Early life Jackson was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was a running back for Eldorado High School. He was named the Sunrise Regional MVP and rushed for 6,396 yards and 81 touchdowns for the Sundevils. Eldorado lost in the state final his senior year to McQueen High School (Reno, Nevada). He also lettered four years in track and field, recording a 10.6 in the 100 meter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
