tackler
IPA: tˈækɫɝ
noun
- (sports) A player who tackles another.
- (weaving, dated, Britain) A person who repairs weaving looms.
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Examples of "tackler" in Sentences
- He was the team's sixth leading tackler.
- He was an intense player and hard tackler.
- He was the reserve teams second highest tackler.
- In a mill, the skilled work was done by a tackler.
- Chin Sue is known to be a good tackler and man marker.
- He played in a Scottish style and was a strong tackler.
- Fogarty was a small player but was very fast and a good tackler.
- He was a powerful tackler and good at anticipating an opponent's moves.
- Regan was a forward with a reputation as a hard playing, head on tackler.
- Chris Clemons gives the Dolphins the kind of tackler they need at free safety.
- Fending is the action by the ball carrier of repelling a tackler using his arm.
- Dolphins 'leading tackler is always around the ball (a sack, three forced fumbles); Ryan Clark, Pitt.
- CB: Antoine Winfield, Minnesota — What does it say when team's leading tackler is tough little corner?
- (BB: Amazing to watch, the double highest tackler from a forward, great to see after some quite 2 weeks.
- Derek Fisher, the "tackler", was ejected from the game, and suspended from playing in Game 3 in Houston.
- He then proved he was a solid tackler, ranking second on the team with 94 stops, with the ability to make pivotal plays.
- Offensive minds understand that most run plays are spilled by some and boxed by others to buy time for your tackler, which is your inside linebacker.
- When the tackler is shorter than the target..guess what will hit first? even proper form tackling will mean the helmet will lead when the opponent is tackled and yet the football
- Special teams: Adrian Peterson and Cameron Worrell, Chicago — Peterson leads in special teams tackles over the last three seasons; Worrell, also a good tackler, is usually the first guy downfield and not easy to block.