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Fred Kimble, inventor of the choke-bore shotgun in 1868, was born in Knoxville, IL in 1846 and still was an active member of the Union Pacific Gun Club when he was 90 years old. ... Mr. Kimble’s invention, which revolutionized shotgun shooting, was prompted by veteran market hunters who were jealous of the straight...
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John Moses Browning was the prolific gun designer who invented the Winchester rifle (30/30), the pump shotgun, and the Colt 45 automatic. He is best known for his automatic pistols and was the first one to invent the slide, which encloses the barrel of a pistol and ... In 1881, a friend of Hiram Maxim, the American inventor,
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Tom Landry invented the shotgun. I mean, that’s pretty cool. So you’ve got to be able to block and tackle, but also say, “Wait a minute, wait a minute, there’s a whole new way of doing this!” Some people can do that, some people can’t do that.
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Stanford's Pop Warner into the shotgun -- so named by Hickey because it sprayed receivers around the field. Before a game against Baltimore in November 1960, Hickey instructed quarterbacks John Brodie and Bob Waters to stand several yards behind the center to receive snaps, giving them more time to survive the;
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APTOS – Howard “Red” Hickey, the NFL coach who invented the shotgun offensive formation with the 49ers, died Thursday, his son said. He was 89. ... The formation spurred the 49ers to a late-season winning surge, and Hickey combined the shotgun with a three-quarterback rotation in 1961, sending Brodie,
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Howard Red Hickey, who invented the shotgun offensive formation while coaching the 49ers, died Thursday, his son said. He was 89. ... APTOS, Calif. -- Howard "Red" Hickey, who invented the shotgun offensive formation while coaching the San Francisco 49ers, died Thursday, his son said. He was 89.
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Howard invented the shotgun offensive formation while coaching the San Francisco 49ers. ... APTOS, Calif. -- Howard "Red" Hickey, who invented the shotgun offensive formation while coaching the San Francisco 49ers, died Thursday, his son said. He was 89.
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Shotgun formation inventor Red Hickey dies; March 30, 2006 ... APTOS, Calif. -- Howard "Red" Hickey, the NFL coach who invented the shotgun offensive formation with the 49ers, died Thursday, his son said. He was 89.
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APTOS, Calif. (AP) — Howard "Red" Hickey, the NFL coach who invented the shotgun offensive formation with the 49ers, died Thursday, his son said. He was 89.
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