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The captain of a football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, [1] is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing ...
In the National Football League (NFL), the team captain designation is a team-appointed position that designates certain players as leaders on and off the field. The captains program was implemented by the NFL Player Advisory Council established by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in conjunction with the NFL Players Association .
Iker Casillas, as captain of the Spain national football team, wearing a captaincy armband on his left arm Connor McDavid, as captain of the Edmonton Oilers, wearing a captaincy patch on the chest of his jersey. In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may ...
Harley Campbell's dad died before the Ritter LB started high school. Now a senior, he's top of his class academically and captain of football team.
In basketball the captain can be substituted out of the game and there does not need to be an active captain on the court at all times, but in association football a captain must be on the field at all times. Usually the "Captain Band" will be passed to a player with similar seniority to the team when the captain is substituted out of the game.
The captain of the team may request the game to be stopped for a head count, to determine whether or not the opposition team is fielding too many players. Head counts are exceedingly rare. As of August 2022, the last head count at AFL level was by West Coast captain Guy McKenna against St Kilda in Round 22, 1999; the call was unsuccessful. [2] [3]
Bobby Moore, who remains England's youngest men's captain and the only England captain to have lifted the World Cup, reached 90 captaincies in 1973, sharing the record with Wright. Steph Houghton has the record for captaincies of the women's team, and outright fourth-most caps as captain (72) behind Wright and Moore, and Kane. Seven male ...
Watertown (Class 11AA) and Hamlin (Class 9AA) each closed the 2024 high school football season with state championships