2 Verbs to Use for the Word tacklers

Helen W. Thurber (W) & Rosemary Thurber Sauers (C); 10Jul62; R297876. Man playing football, pushes off a woman tackler; spot drawing without caption.

There was but one thing that day more beautiful to see than that fearless attempt to tackle; and that one thing was the leap high into the air that the Harwell left half made just in the nick of time, clearing the tackler, barely avoiding a fall, and again running free with the ball still safe!

2 Verbs to Use for the Word  tacklers