A middle guard is a position of a defensive player in American football. This position is rare today and was more commonly used during the 1960s and 1970s. The closest related positions in today's American football would be nose guard or defensive tackle. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Middle Guard was a component of Napoleon's Imperial Guard. The Middle Guard ranked between the senior guard corps, the Old Guard, and the junior guard corps, the Young Guard. See Elting, Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee (Free Press, New York, 1988), p. 197. The Fusiliers Grenadiers and the Fusiliers Chasseurs, among other units, were part of the Middle Guard. See Funcken, Arms and Uniforms, the Napoleonic Wars, Part 2 (Ward Lock, London, 1977), pp. 14,20. [ - ]

A middle guard is a position of a defensive player in American football. This position is rare... [ + ]