diss.: Ohio State University, 1996), 64-104; Bob Gill and Ted Maher, "Not Only the Ball Was Brown: Black Players in Minor League Football, 1933-46," The
Coffin Corner 5 (Spring 1989): 12-14.
We do this by first kicking the ball deep into the "
coffin corner" - as close to the sideline as possible without letting it go out-of-bounds.
On their first trip, the three found themselves in "
Coffin Corner," the most vulnerable position in the convoy, and the knowledge that they might be attacked at any moment quickly translated into a continual preoccupation with anything that might serve as a distraction.
As it moved round the bend with the river-flow pulling it - at the stretch known locally as
Coffin Corner because of its effective record of fish - I saw a silver flash just where my fly was swimming.
Coffin Corner: The True Story of Kenneth Horrigan, World War II POW in Stalag 17B.
Punting to a
coffin corner can help narrow the area to be covered and put the ball out of bounds inside the 10-yard-line.
The flies I was casting were sweeping across the river and as they were skimming around the far corner of the pool - known as
coffin corner - I felt a heavy weight on my line; I knew it was a big fish.
This made the flies move in a very attractive manner especially as they fished around a corner - often referred to as
coffin corner!