Citation

Carter JE. Res. Q. 1968; 39(3): 476-481.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1968, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

5246946

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the somatotypes of an outstanding college football team. Thirty-five football lettermen at San Diego State were somatotyped and compared by position, and with other samples. The findings indicated that there were somatotype and size differences between playing positions and between players at different college levels. Some somatotypes which are rare in the general population are common in football teams. The dominant physique in this study was the extreme endomorphic mesomorph. Gross size is an outstanding characteristic of college football players.

Keywords: American football;

Language: en