[Ford Fairlane]

Our favorite game used to be "Kill the man with the ball" a cross between tag, football & rugby.

You ran with the ball until you thought everyone was going to tackle you, then you threw the ball in the air & let some other guy catch it & run with it. If you didn't throw it fast enough, everyone piled on you.

[Orangedog]

Our favorite game used to be "Kill the man with the ball" a cross between tag, football & rugby.

When I was in grade school in the not-so PC late 1970's/early 1980's I believe this game was called "smear-the-qweer." I imagine any kid who called it by that name today would be sent to re-education...um...I mean "sensitivty training."

[Squawk 8888]

When I was in Air Cadets we had a similar game, I think we were allegedly supposed to put the ball into a goal of some kind but that was probably a rumour. The one rule we observed most diligently was that whenever an officer got the ball, both teams piled on.

[MassExodus]

Our favorite game used to be "Kill the man with the ball" a cross between tag, football & rugby.

I credited 5 years of College Rugby to having grown up with playing "kill the man with the ball".

Absolutely the most fun you can have in a play ground.

It's where I learned the tactic "Smash and Roll".

[meyer]

Our favorite game used to be "Kill the man with the ball" a cross between tag, football & rugby.

Man, we used to play that as well. I kept getting "killed" but I still kept playing. Got a few bruises and got the wind knocked out of me a couple of times but I survived. It was great fun.

[wtc911]

Same game with the same name on LI in the50s/60s. Gotta wonder how that happened.