Tom Nugent-football innovator-dead at 92

[Colonel_Reb]

This guy did a lot for football by creating the "I" formation at Virginia Military Institute in 1950. He also created the typewriter style huddle, where players stand in 2 rows instead of a circle. Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy visited VMI and took the I back to the Irish in 1951, where it became famous. Guess what the "I" stands for Indian, as in "Indian file."

Here's the link to the full article.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2298612Edited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[T.he B.us]

that sucks