Kent Auburn McCloughan is a former football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive back

Defensive back

In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...

. He played cornerback

Cornerback

A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...

 for the American Football League

American Football League

The American Football League was a major American Professional Football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when the established National Football League merged with it. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence...

's Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 from 1965 through 1969, and for the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

's Raiders in 1970, but his career ended early because of a devastating knee injury. He had a son named Dave McCloughan

Dave McCloughan

-Biography:McCloughan was born David Kent McCloughan on November 20, 1966 in San Leandro, California.His father was a Oakland Raiders player named Kent McCloughan.-Career:...

 who played in the NFL from 1991 to 1994.

With Willie Brown

Willie Brown

Willie Brown may refer to:*Willie Brown , Mayor of San Francisco, 1996–2004, Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1980–1995*Willie Brown , American football Hall-of-Fame cornerback...

, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Pro Football Hall of Fame

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, he is considered to be the originator or one of the earliest proficient exponents of Bump and run coverage

Bump and run coverage

Bump and run coverage is a strategy often used by defensive backs in American Football in which a defensive player lines up directly in front of a wide receiver and tries to impede him with arms, hands, or entire body and disrupt their intended route...

, by which a defensive back impedes progress of the wide receiver by body contact, a style that was followed by later Oakland cornerbacks, such as Lester Hayes

Lester Hayes

Lester Hayes is a former professional American football player for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League....

. The strategy appeared so successful in the eyes of NFL rule-makers that, to help the offense, the rules were changed in 1978, see Penalty (American football)

Penalty (American football)

In American football and Canadian football, a penalty is a sanction called against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. Officials initially signal penalties by tossing a bright yellow or orange colored "penalty flag" onto the field toward or at the spot of a foul...

, so that bump and run coverage is currently allowed only for the first 5 yards and no farther upfield. Otherwise, a 5-yard penalty and an automatic first down for illegal contact are given in favor of the offense.