Sentence:  Skorich , who is 39 years old , played <WSD>football</WSD> at Cincinnati University and then had a three year professional career as a lineman under Jock Sutherland with the Pittsburgh Steelers . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal