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Need an Election Break? The Viral Video of 9-Year-Old Girl Dominating the Boys in Football Is Perfect

Nov. 7, 2012 12:50pm Liz Klimas

Sam Gordon is in little league football and has run for 1,911 yards with an 8.2-yard average per carry. Gordon has scored 35 touchdowns, and has even been compared by a YouTube commenter to Barry Sanders.

Did we mention Gordon is a girl playing on an all boys tackle team?

YouTube Video Shows 9 Year Old Girl Schooling Male Players on Little League Football Team

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

USA Today reported that Gordon is in the Gremlin age group, which consists mostly of 9-year-olds, in the Salt Lake City area. As seen in a compilation of footage uploaded into one video on YouTube, it’s clear that she knows how to rock a pigskin:

As Bleacher Report and The Big Lead point out, the stats in the captions in the video should be taken at face value, meaning they could be exaggerated as there is no other verification. But the footage shows #6 surpassing her male counterparts as she continues to out-speed them for touchdowns and slips through their tackles. When Gordon does take a hit, she takes it like a man — not to mention her own take-downs of opponents.

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

Bleacher Report writes that it questions “why any kid is running the ball 233 times,” but also states “when you coach a kid’s team and have a touchdown guarantee like Gordon seems to be, you find anyway to get the ball into her hands.”

So far the video has more than 251, 000 views on YouTube since being posted Monday.

TheBlaze contacted Brent Gordon, who posted the video and said he was Sam’s father. He told us in a message that his daughter started running sprints at the end of her older brother’s practice with the team and was faster than the older boys too. That’s when she decided to try out for football.

In tryouts, Brent Gordon said Sam was faster than all the 172 boys, which is why she was singled out by the coach as the primary ball carrier.

“The very first time she ran the ball in a game she scored a touchdown,” Brent Gordon wrote. “The boys loved Sam and a few of them seemed to have a crush on her – it was cute. The boys on her team looked up to her. It was a great experience!”

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RickTheLDSRocker
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:02pm
Good for her. Fun to watch. She will be talking about this for the wrest of her life.

Her speed and coordination has everything to do with girls maturing faster than boys. She might not have the same success next year or the year after.

Go girl go!

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- kindling
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:56pm
  Actually, now boys are maturing faster than girls for some reason. But lets not detract from her success.
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:02pm
  I loved that shot of her face at the beginning of the clip.
  
  Competent, self assured, and tough!
  
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- db321
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:42pm
  I want one.
  
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- MotoMofo
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:15am
  hahah thats awesome!
  
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- Evantoo
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:53pm
  She runs like any white girl does after dark on Chicago’s south side. Wonder if she lived there first?
  
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Army_of_One
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 4:27pm
How refreshing…you go girl!

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loneindividual
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:55pm
AMERICA HAS BEEN CASTRATED! LMAO

This is further proof that this country sucks….beaten by a girl…oh where have my nuts gone…

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- Wisdom7
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:46pm
  Yeah everyone relishing in the fact our young males are being raised as a bunch of metro-sexual pansies. Sickening.
  
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truthnstuff
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:55pm
More political correctness and someone creating a youtube look at me moment. Who is she playing with Democrat girlie men.

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not4moreyears
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:25pm
I needed this today. Good for her.

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R.Waher
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:25pm
Pretty impressive, but unfortunately, as others have noted, it can’t last. Even if Sam can still keep up with the boys at an older age, there’s going to be all the awkwardness involved between the different genders.

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tigerpaw1981
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:13pm
I needed that today. lol

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- AnOregonian
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:29pm
  That was awesome, thanks for the much needed laugh.
  
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- not4moreyears
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:30pm
  I agree. That was fun to watch.
  
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pap pap
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:08pm
Thanks a lot Sam Gordon. This was very refreshing on an otherwise terribly depressing day.

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PhilipJames
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:56pm
Well, rather than taking this for what it is being promoted as…. I seem to remember something about girls developing faster than boys during these ages…. maybe that might have something to do with it??

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wcsprojects
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:37pm
I was fortunate enough to be the Head Coach for Sam’s team this year. Sam is the real deal in every way. She is a perfectly lovely nine year old girl, who happens to be an outstanding athlete that dominated much of the competition!!! We could not be more proud of her.

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Blitz
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:08pm
Clearly the best 4 minutes of my day.

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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:21pm
  She did outstanding. Good for her and I’m sure she is the pride of her team and family. I find it amusing to read some of the misogynistic nonsense that her high performance has generated amongst men that probably never achieved anything at a high level.
  
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- Texaslockstar
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:39pm
  That was the best 4 min of my week. She should be proud .
  
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Despiser25
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:00pm
She’s freaking 9 years old. It’s not like she’s competing with MEN… When she is 18 lets talk about it again, now that would be impressive. But a 9 year old?

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- KE_in_IA
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:22pm
  Your name says it all.
  
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- White Devil
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:55pm
  Shut up, Despiser. you are so negative.
  
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Centralsville
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:54pm
Let men in womens sports and see how many women last. Wait till the boys hit puberty and the girl will get killed. I don’t see the fairness in letting girls participate with boys but not letting boys participate on all girl teams. Pretty typical for affirmative action and giving the girls the edge they need. Just remember, women brought political correctness to this country. Women demanded a million abortions a year. Women just elected Obama again because it is predominately women that live off of government handouts. Women don’t want equal treatment, they want special treatment.

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- M-Theory
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:04pm
  I want to say “go get ‘em kid,” but she’s going to hate it in Jr. High and High School when she can’t get a date because she was too much of a tom-boy and has intimidated all the boys away from viewing her as a female. There is always an unintended consequence. I know. Been there, done that. – There is also the fact that by the end of Jr. High, the boys will catch and surpass her coordination, speed and strength and she will become a target pretty much unless she moves to kicker.
  
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- IOWAGIR
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:35pm
  you sir are an idiot.
  
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melving
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:52pm
you go gordon

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RefreshTheTreeOfLiberty
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:39pm
Ms. Gordon’s Dad (or whoever put the vid together) is clearly a Jane’s Addiction fan, VERY nice touch!!

Go get ‘em kid!

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Abraham Young
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:39pm
there’s no way I would ever tackle a girl. I just couldn’t and wouldn’t. it’s unnatural.

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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:25pm
Great. Now let’s see videos of men dominating women in their chosen sports. You’d have so many videos it may well overwhelm the servers.

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- QuincySmith
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:43pm
  Unfortunately Sam Gordon is too young to run for Presidential office. She certainly would beat the oblamer-in-chief, girly ‘man’.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:52pm
  Dude, I said “men”, not Obama. Big diff.
  
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Rowgue
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:21pm
Pretty cool. I kind of hate that they fast motioned it though, would rather have seen it at regular speed.

On a side note I’m a little troubled by all the kids I saw leading with their helmets to make hits. Are they seriously teaching that to 9 year olds these days?

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- DonLukas
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:37pm
  They’re a bunch of bobble heads, like a big 2 year old the head leads the way.
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:54pm
  There is a lot of that, but there are more than a few where it’s pretty clear they are intentionally doing it.
  
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AmericanStrega
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:19pm
Yes, nice job Sam. But this doesn’t change what is happening in the country. Go to Plan B.

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- JonSigMan
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:55pm
  Yep…..;) Plan B
  
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HumbleMan
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:06pm
First smile I’ve had in 24 hours.

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ModerationIsBest
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:04pm
Haha awesome video!

Good for her. I wonder if she has a vicious stiff arm.

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Just_Us2
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:02pm
So cute when they are 9 yrs old….unfortunately she’s peaked.

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- JabberwockyBandersnatch
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:17pm
  Your comment is right on. Yes, girls are usually bigger, faster, and more developed physically and mentally at that age, yet the boys will continue to get bigger, will hit harder, and out run her later in life. That is not sexist, that is biology! Cute video though!
  
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dealer@678
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:00pm
She is the Obama anti Julia

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gyro
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:56pm
lol the boys cant catch her !!!
Lol wait till shes 15 !!!!!

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Gonzo
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:56pm
Does ‘it’s Bush’s fault’ still work?

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- MSrain
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:51pm
  Yes it still does. Look at what happened yesterday
  
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