A flying wedge (also called flying V or wedge formation, or simply wedge) is a configuration created from a body moving forward in a triangular formation...
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The Flying Wedge Award is one of the NCAA's highest honors. It is awarded to an individual who exemplifies outstanding leadership and service to the NCAA...
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up wedge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A wedge is a triangular-shaped simple machine. Wedge, The Wedge, or Wedges may also refer to: Wedge (footwear)...
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the flying wedge as a kickoff play. Two five man squads would line up about 25 yards behind the kicker, only to converge in a perfect flying wedge running...
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Lorin F. Deland (section Football and the flying wedge)
a football "adviser" to the team beginning in 1892. He invented the "flying wedge" formation, which was unveiled in a 6–0 loss to Yale in the championship...
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across the Princeton goal. At some point early in the contest, the "flying wedge" play was first used as the team with the ball formed a wall-like formation...
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of the major problems was the popularity of mass-formations like the flying wedge, in which a large number of offensive players charged as a unit against...
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Nye Frank (redirect from Flying Wedge (dragster))
designer) the Setzer streamliner (designing and positioning the wings), Flying Wedge (building the body, along with Quin Epperly), and Spirit II (collaborating...
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of land. Shock tactics Swarming Planned attack Use of supporting fire Flying wedge (used by Alexander the Great) Armoured spearhead Encirclement Hammer...
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The wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) also known as the eaglehawk, is the largest bird of prey in the continent of Australia. It is also found in southern...
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Craig Breedlove on the dragster Spirit II in 1964, and with Frank on the Flying Wedge streamliner dragster built for Don Prudhomme in 1971. A notable restoration...
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the flying wedge as a kickoff play, in which two five man squads would line up about 25 yards behind the kicker, only to converge in a perfect flying wedge...
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Team ESPY Award winner as owner of the Yankees (1997, 1999, 2001) The Flying Wedge Award 1992 Tampa Metro Civitan Club's Outstanding Citizen of the Year...
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to the term human wave attack. Line (formation) Mixed order Flying wedge Svinfylking Flying column Arnold, James R. "A Reappraisal of Column Versus Line...
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tactic. Yale won, 6–0. The flying wedge was outlawed two years after its introduction. Bergin writes, "The legacy of the wedge is perceptible in the austere...
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tactics.[citation needed] Line of battle Column (formation) Mixed order Flying wedge Svinfylking Marston, D. (2013). The Seven Years' War. Essential Histories...
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by Yale and Pudge Heffelfinger, Heisman implemented the now illegal "flying wedge" formation. It involved seven players arranged as a "V" to protect the...
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football remained a violent sport. Dangerous mass-formations like the flying wedge resulted in serious injuries and deaths. A 1905 peak of 19 fatalities...
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Ghanaian combat engineers assemble in a riot control formation known as a "flying wedge"....
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The Panzerkeil ("armoured wedge" or "tank wedge") was an offensive armoured tactic developed by German Kampfgruppe (battle groups) on the Eastern Front...
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tactics including the interlocking interference technique known as the Flying wedge or "V-trick formation", which was developed by Lorin F. Deland and first...
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usually wearing protective riot gear, rushing forwards—occasionally in a flying wedge formation—to break through the front of a crowd, with the objective of...
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its warriors would not hold long.[unreliable source?][citation needed] Flying wedge Norse/English Dictionary Chaillu, Paul Belloni Du (1890). The Viking...
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control distance. The modern sand wedge, the first of the clubs to be called a wedge, was developed by Gene Sarazen after flying in Howard Hughes' private plane...
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adopt the military tactics of its enemies, such as the embolon (i.e. 'flying wedge') formation of the Scythians. This offered cavalry far greater maneuverability...
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thousands. Battle of Watling Street: Paulinus defeats the rebels, using a flying wedge formation, and imposes wide-ranging punishments on native Britons, but...
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student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of their college graduation. The Flying Wedge Award, one of the NCAA's highest honors exemplifying outstanding leadership...
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thousands. Battle of Watling Street: Paulinus defeats the rebels, using a flying wedge formation, imposes wide-ranging punishments on native Britons, and the...
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spearheads representing a platoon of five tanks entering into combat in a flying wedge formation. Blazon: Shield: Vert, five spearheads paleways in chevron...
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warfare training exercise. 2nd Engineer Battalion Snatch Squad engaged in flying wedge and riot control. Honour guards from Ghana Air Force during a welcoming...
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