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In American Football bringing an extra defenceman to go after the Quarterback is referred to as the Blitz. Does this terminology relate to the German Blitzkrieg (Lightning War) in WW2 or does it pre-date WW2?

by /u/Geotolkien in /r/AskHistorians

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