Homer Jones (ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka)

**Homer Carroll Jones** (18 ga Fabrairu, 1941 - 14 ga Yuni, 2023) ya kasance ɗan wasan kwallon kafa na ƙwallon ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwallonƙwallon ƙwararrun Ƙwallon ƙwararru (NFL) na New York Giants (1964-1969) da Cleveland Browns (1970).  A lokacin aikinsa, an san shi da girmansa da saurinsa. An yaba wa Jones da kirkirar bikin "spike".

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Jones a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 1941, a Pittsburg, Texas . Mahaifiyarsa malamar makaranta ce kuma mahaifinsa ma'aikacin ƙarfe ne.

Jones ya halarci Kwalejin Kudancin Texas (yanzu Jami'ar Kudancin California), kwalejin baƙar fata na tarihi, kuma ya yi fice a cikin waƙa da filin da kuma kwallon kafa, yana gudana da tseren 100-yard da 220-yard. Kungiyar garinsu, Houston Oilers na Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka ce ta tsara shi a shekarar 1963, amma ya ji rauni a gwiwa a sansanin horo kuma an yanke shi.

Jones ya kasance mai tsere mai ƙwarewa a ƙasa, ya kammala na 3 a 1962 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships a cikin 220 yadudduka.

## New York Giants da "spike"
New York Giants sun ba Jones tikitin bas zuwa New York da biyan kuɗi don tiyata a gwiwa. An san shi da "Rhino" ga abokan aikinsa, Jones ya sa kayan aiki na 45 a New York. Bayan sun ga 'yan wasa kamar abokin wasan Giants Frank Gifford da Green Bay Packers star Paul Hornung suna murna da touchdowns ta hanyar jefa kwallon a magoya bayan adawa a cikin masu tsayawa, Jones ya yanke shawarar fito da nasa, mafi aminci bayan touchdown. A cikin wasan 1965, bayan ya zira kwallaye, ya jefa kwallon kafa da karfi a yankin ƙarshe. Ya kira wannan matakin "spike". Bikin zamani na bayan taɓawa, gami da "taɓawa taɓawa", an ce sun samo asali ne daga kirkirar Jones. Gudanar da zaɓin aikinsa shine sabon doka na 1965 wanda zai ci tarar dan wasan $ 500 idan ya jefa kwallon a cikin masu tsayawa. Jones ya ce tarar ta faru da shi, don haka ya yanke shawarar jefa kwallon a ƙasa a maimakon haka.

## Ayyukansa na baya da ritaya
A watan Janairun 1970, an sayar da Jones ga Browns don musayar Ron Johnson da tsohon dan wasan tsaron Jim Kanicki. Browns sun kasance a kasuwa don sabon mai karɓa mai faɗi bayan sun yi ciniki da Paul Warfield ga Miami Dolphins.

A wasan farko na tawagar na 1970 NFL kakar a ranar 21 ga Satumba, 1970, a Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Jones ya dawo da rabi na biyu da New York Jets don touchdown, babban wasa a cikin nasarar Browns 31-21 a kan Jets a gaban magoya bayan 85,703. Taron, a hukumance mafi yawan jama'a a tarihin Browns, ya kasance wani ɓangare na tarihin NFL a wannan maraice a wasan farko da aka buga a ABC's Monday Night Football.

Koyaya, wannan touchdown zai zama babban abin da ya fi dacewa a kakar wasa daya tare da Browns yayin da raunin gwiwa ya kama Jones. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan an sayar da shi zuwa St. Louis Cardinals a watan Yulin 1971, an tilasta masa ya yi ritaya yana da shekaru 29.

Jones ya mutu daga ciwon daji na huhu a Pittsburg, a ranar 14 ga Yuni 2023, yana da shekaru 82. 

## Kididdigar aiki
Jones ya gama aikinsa tare da karɓar 224 don yadudduka 4,986, matsakaicin yadudduka 22.3 a kowane karɓar, da kuma touchdowns 38 (36 karɓa, ɗaya gaggauta, ɗaya dawowa). Yards dinsa a kowace karɓar jimlar matsayi na 1 a tarihin NFL tsakanin 'yan wasan da ke da akalla 200 na karɓar aiki.

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