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Show Longest Grid Run Made on Lardner's Kick-Off There always has been some dispute as to the longest run ever made in a football game. The longest run ever made In a football game was reeled off by It)ast, halfback on the Niles high school team of Michigan, date 1004. In that game East ran back a mighty kirk -off delivered' by King Lardner, of the high school veterans' team, just 1110 yard.;. Impossible? Here is the evidence from the Niles Daily Sun of 22 years ago, presented in a story of tlie game : "A feature of the game was East's long run for a touchdown, catching the ball 20 yards back of the goal line on Lardner's record-breaking kick-off which carried over the goal bar. East, from 20 yards back of the goal line, traversed the entire field and ran 130 yards to a touchdown." The field in those days was 110 yards in length, so the added 20 yards sets a record which probably will never be broken. |