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American footballer
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English
Etymology
From en American football er<id:occupation>.
Noun
A player of American football.
en 8 September 1979 Mary Mac Goris A clear sharp line from Wolfangel w:Irish Independent 88 214 Dublin 9 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1052138465/ 6 9286105 These, and almost everything else, acknowledged the new shoulder emphasis — but avoided the American-footballer padding used by some designers.
en 14 November 2010 Barry Egan Nadine Coyle: Insatiable of Derry Life Sunday Independent Dublin 17 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1051740804/ 4 0039-5218 863356490 She shakes her head as her American-footballer hunk of a fiancee Jason looks on adoringly from the other room.
28 January 2013 Homa Khaleeli American football or rugby: which is more dangerous? https://web.archive.org/web/20140301202813/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/shortcuts/2013/jan/28/american-football-rugby-more-dangerous With their helmets and padding, American footballers always look like they are ready for anything that can be thrown at them. He points out that American footballers tackle with their heads, butting each other in a way seldom seen in rugby.
24 January 2020 Tim Spiers; James Pearce Even Jurgen Klopp says Adama Traore is ‘pretty much unplayable’ – but what is it actually like to play against Wolves’ ‘eighth wonder of the world’? https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1558194/2020/01/24/adama-traore-what-its-like-play-against-wolves/ Watching Adama Traore in full flow has a tendency to conjure up all manner of images. Wolverhampton Wanderers’ human Road Runner is, in the nicest possible way, a freak of nature. He could have been an American footballer. Heck, he could have been a Terminator.
15 November 2022 Christie D’Zurilla Len Goodman is retiring from ‘Dancing With the Stars’ to spend time with family https://web.archive.org/web/20221115184040/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-11-15/len-goodman-retired-dancing-with-the-stars “American footballers have always impressed me too as to how good they are — it’s a mystery given the size of them,” he told People. “Whereas boxers, who are light on their feet and very agile, have historically been quite poor dancers in comparison.”
en Athletes Football (American)