Cassady was given the nickname “Hopalong” by sportswriters

Howard Cassady Will Harris Jersey , a Heisman Trophy-winning running back who would then win an NFL championship with the Lions, has died at the age of 85.During his freshman year at Ohio State, who saw him on the practice field and said he hopped all over the field like the fictional cowboy Hopalong Cassidy. So fast was Cassady’s first step on the practice field that Ohio State coach Woody Hayes would get angry with him for taking the handoff and hitting the line before the offensive linemen had had time to open a hole for him.In 1954 Cassady finished third in Heisman Trophy voting and led Ohio State to the national championship, and in 1955 he won the Heisman by what was then the largest voting margin in the history of the award. Hayes would describe Cassady as “the greatest player of this century.”The Lions chose Cassady with the third overall pick in the 1956 NFL draft http://www.lionscheapstore.com/austin-bryant-jersey-cheap , and in 1957 he led the Lions in touchdowns as they won the NFL championship, still the last title in franchise history. Cassady made $14,500 each of those first two years, giving him the most lucrative rookie contract in the league.Cassady spent eight seasons in the NFL http://www.packerscheapstore.com/rashan-gary-jersey-cheap , seven of them with the Lions. Cassady had also played baseball at Ohio State, and after retiring he became the conditioning coach of the New York Yankees and worked for the Yankees for 30 years. NFL referees have become overzealous in flagging quarterbacks for clapping to get the center to snap the ball.That’s what Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said during the preseason, when his team was flagged multiple times, and now it’s what Colts coach Frank Reich is saying.Colts quarterback Jacoby Brissett was penalized twice on Sunday for false starts after he clapped for the snap. According to Stephen Holder of TheAthletic.com Darnell Savage Jr. Jersey , Reich says that the league office told him that Brissett’s clapping was actually within the rules.That means the officials blew the call twice in Sunday’s game, after a preseason in which the Cardinals repeatedly complained that they couldn’t get clarification on the rule. The league needs to make sure that players and coaches understand what is and is not a false start, and that the officials call it consistently.