noble kizer coined the phrase hail mary in football.
noble kizer coined the phrase hail mary in football.
who coined the phrase hail mary in football?
noble kizer
bullet::::- 1922 — on october 28, 1922, the term "hail mary play" was used by knute rockne's notre dame fighting irish in a victory over georgia tech. notre dame trailed 3–0 in the second half and had been unable to move the ball effectively. noble kizer, the one presbyterian player on the notre dame team, stopped play and said to his teammates, "boys, let's have a hail mary." they all prayed, and elmer layden scored a touchdown. on the next possession, kizer said, "let's have another hail mary," and layden scored another touchdown. after the game, kizer said, "say, that hail mary is the best play we've got." an account written in 1935 presented a variation on the 1922 "hail mary" play as follows:
list of hail mary passes in american football
there are similar usages in other fields, such as a "hail mary shot" in photography where the photographer holds the view finder of an slr camera far from his eye (so unable to compose the picture), usually high above his head, and takes a shot. this is often used in crowded situations.









































in computer security, a "hail mary attack" will throw every exploit it has against a system to see whether any of them work.









































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bullet::::- hail mary – wiktionary definition









































bullet::::- hospital pass









































bullet::::- list of hail mary passes in american football









































bullet::::- list of sports idioms
hail mary pass