Sports terms that have fallen out of favor in the last 60 years

I worked with someone who, into the '90s, would refer to innings as "stanzas."

 

"Bulged/dented the twine" or "lit the lamp" to describe scoring a goal in hockey.

Also a long-lost-and-likely-never-to-be-revived hockey term - "The Toronto Maple Leafs have won the Stanley Cup." ;D

 

Hey, I still use "plated" now and then.

How about "top of the key?" It's never looked like a key in my lifetime, but that's what Bill King called it on some of the first basketball games I remember listening to. Finally saw some old basketball films and it made sense.

 

Man... I use a good half of these terms.

The other half I'm trying to look up and will probably work them in at some point.

 

I don't think I've seen "pigskin" used anywhere except for naming some running feature, ie "Pigskin Picks."

 

"Take a blow."

 

I think I've used stanza.

 

The horsehide.

 

--charity stripe
--dogfall (referring to tie score)
--base knock

 

onion sack

bingo

 

I doubt I can explain this well, but some words and phrases are now so old that using them is kind of retro cool.

Coming up in the business, I would have jumped in front of a train before I'd use "tilt" for game.

But every now and then, I see "tilt" being used for, I dunno, entertainment purposes in some copy, and it doesn't ALWAYS bother me.

If that maks sense.

 

I worked with someone who used that into the 2000s.