Hey! Just found the site!
We called it “BUCK-BUCK” in Northeast Philadelphia. It was a game the “big kids” played–all boys, if I remember correctly.
I was always asking to play, and one day they relented and let me be the PILLOW! I was thrilled!
I had my back up against the wall of our church, and as the first boy came flying up at me yelling “Buck Buck Number 1!” my head went crashing back into the stone wall.
Just about passing out, but not wanting to be a baby, I tried to stay in the game. The game stopped though–the boys all afraid of getting in trouble for hurting me. And me being afraid they’d never let me play again!
This was in the mid to late 60s.
I’d go back in a flash if I could!