Fullback (gridiron football) Fullback (gridiron football) A fullback (FB) is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback. Typically, fullbacks are larger than halfbacks and in most offensive schemes their duties are split between power running, pass catching, and blocking for both the quarterback and the other running back. Many great runners in the history of American football have been fullbacks, including Jim Brown, Marion Motley, Jim Taylor, Franco Harris, Larry Csonka, John Riggins, Christian Okoye, and Levi Jackson. However, many of these runners would retroactively be
Jim Zabel network broadcasts of Iowa Hawkeyes football and men's basketball games. Zabel died on May 23, 2013 at the age of 91 doing what he loved, preparing for his Sunday evening WHO-radio show, "Two Guys Named Jim" at his home in Arizona. Jim Zabel Jim Zabel (September 5, 1921 – May 23, 2013) was an American radio and television broadcaster best known for serving as the play-by-play announcer for Iowa Hawkeyes football and men's basketball games for 48 years on WHO (AM) Radio. An Illinois native, Zabel attended The University of Iowa, where he was an editor of the student newspaper,