ALLEY-OOP: Meaning: In basketball, a high pass caught in midair by a teammate who trys to stuff the ball in the basket before landing. Origin: Probably coined by American soldiers during World War 1. Its from the French allez (go) plus oop, a French pronunciation of the English up. During the 1920s allez-oop became alley-oop, commonly said upon lifting something. In the late 1950s, San Francisco 49er quarterback Y.A. Tittle invented a lob pass called the alley-oop that was thrown over the heads of defenders to his very tall receiver, R.C. Owens. By the 1970s, it had been adapted to describe the schoolyard basketball it is today. Personally I remember the comic strip Alley-Oop.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:35:16 +0000
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