middle guard

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Playing middle guard the for the Blackshirts, Glover also won the Outland and Lombardi awards as the best lineman in the country.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2011

Neale dropped his middle guard off the line and changed his Eagle into a variation of the 4-3.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2010

Superb blocker with good speed, built in classic mold of pro-type middle guard; sure to be eagerly sought despite occasionally troublesome shoulder injury.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are still two ends and two tackles, but such old-fashioned operators as the guards and center have lost out to an energetic strongman known as the middle guard.

From Time Magazine Archive

When shaken gently for middle guard, he dressed sleepily, added a pair of white Angora chaps to his afternoon attire, and stumbled out into the murky moonlight.

From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by Bower, B. M.