These Athletes Forced Their Sports To Change The Rules

Published on November 4, 2019 By Jason Albert

Roy Williams

Roy Williams wasn’t as tall as the average NFL players standing at just six foot. From this, he found advantages in other ways and developed a technique known as the horse-collar tackle which allowed him to yank the players collar and sweep them off their feet in a tackle.

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Williams perfected the tackle and four players suffered significant injuries in one season from him. The following season, the tackle was banned and known as the Roy Williams Rule.

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