A group of six men who assist the officials in yardage marking. The chains measure 10 yards in length and have a post at each end. The first post sits on the line of scrimmage and then the chain stretches 10 yards to the second post, which signifies the line needed to pass to pick up a first down.
In the penal systems of the South, convicts being chained together for outdoor labor.
Main article: Chain gang (cycling) A group of cyclists cycling in a close knit formation akin to a road race, normally for the purposes of training.[ edit
When a number of extra trains (not regularly scheduled freight runs) are put into service, regular crews may be assigned to take such trains in turn. When this occurs, train crews are said to be operating in chain gang service.
The officials on the sideline that hold the yardage markers. Referred to as the chain gang because the first down markers are held together by a 10 yard metal chain.
A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging labor, such as chipping stone, often along a highway or railbed. This system existed primarily in the United States, and by 1955, had been phased out of use nationwide. However, some states reintroduced the chain gang system beginning in the 1990s, and nations other than the U.S. have used it in the past.
In the sport of cycling, a chain gang refers to a group of cyclists cycling in a close knit formation akin to a road race, normally for the purposes of training.
'This article is about Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang". To see other uses, see Chain gang (disambiguation).
Chain Gang is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the third episode of series 6, and was first screened on 22 January 1989.
