"tackler" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1960 May 12, “Artful Dodgers”, in Time:",
          "text": "When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. \"If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body.\"",
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        "(sports) A player who tackles another."
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