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Last of a dying breed: experience a day in the life of San Diego's Lorenzo Neal, an impact fullback who may well be the ...(NFL)
Someday, after your hair has turned white, your spine has curved and your hearing has faded, the little child on your lap will ask, "Grandpa, what was a fullback?"
And you'll have to think back and remember. "Well, Billy," you'll say slowly, "a fullback was a football player who blocked. He took pleasure in clearing a path for others to make big plays. He wasn't in it for the dancing. Or the money. Or the media. A lot of fans barely noticed him. Only the real students of the game even knew what the fullback really did.
"They began dying off around the turn of the century, fullbacks did, replaced by hybrid backs, tight ends, H-backs and wide receivers. ...
- Chargers' Tomlinson follows his leading man _ Lorenzo Neal.
- Newspaper article from: Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA) December 21, 2006 700+ words
...he is today without his trusted sidekick, fullback Lorenzo Neal. Neal never would agree with that premise; he's too humble...those amazing L.T. runs; invariably, you'll find Neal clearing a path. Their on-field relationship is simple...
- Raiders release fullback Lorenzo Neal
- News wire article from: AP Online August 20, 2009 700+ words
...Oakland Raiders released veteran fullback Lorenzo Neal on Wednesday, ending his brief stay with the team. Neal, who signed with the Raiders in May, was expected to push Oren O'Neal and Luke Lawton for the starting fullback...
- Raiders cut Neal as O'Neal emerges
- Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune Jerry McDonald August 19, 2009 700+ words
NAPA -- Lorenzo Neal, a premier blocking fullback and 17...for the return of safety Rashad Baker. Neal, 38, left the morning practice with a...recovery of third-year fullback Oren O'Neal. "I think it says a lot about O'Neal...
- Raiders sign Baker, cut Neal
- News wire article from: AP Online August 20, 2009 700+ words
...signed safety Rashad Baker and waived fullback Lorenzo Neal. Coach Tom Cable says the move Wednesday to cut ties with Neal was made because of the progress Oren O'Neal has made in his rehab from season-ending...
- Kickoff 2003: Cargadores de San Diego (XVI).(Deportes)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) August 17, 2003 700+ words
...Kwamie Lassiter (Arizona), FB Lorenzo Neal (Cincinnati), OT David McIntosh...luce ms an con la presencia de Lorenzo Neal, quien ayudar a abrir caminos...Reche Caldwell OLB Ben Leber FB Lorenzo Neal CB Quentin Jammer RB LaDainian...
- The game-breakers Saints were long gone after Everett, offense executed big...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Allen Lessels, Globe Staff December 4, 1995 700+ words
...Richard Cooper got his man. Fullback Lorenzo Neal did his share. Bates got around the...First, Everett passed in the flat to Neal, a 5-foot-11-inch, 240-pounder...Terry Ray and Michael Haynes on Law, Neal rumbled 69 yards down the right sideline...
- NFL Football: Bengals Team Report: Frustration to the fore.
- News wire article from: Sports Network October 25, 2002 700+ words
...the laughingstock of the league," Cincinnati fullback Lorenzo Neal admitted. "It's embarrassing. It's a disgrace...we can stay within our normal game plan and keep Lorenzo Neal and Corey Dillon in the backfield and run the ball on teams...
- There was no defense for some of this unit's many, varied mistakes
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Jim Greenidge, Globe Staff December 4, 1995 700+ words
...fourth quarter, a pass to fullback Lorenzo Neal and a jaunt by halfback Mario Bates...the period, the score tied at 17, Neal caught a little flare pass on the...no one was around to put a halt to Neal. The result was a 69-yard pass...