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Halfback   /hˈæfbˌæk/   Listen
Halfback

noun
1.
(football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position.
2.
(American football) the position of a back on a football team.





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"Halfback" Quotes from Famous Books



... mind, bumping aimlessly, falls into its groove, and instinctively shoots forward with tremendous velocity. Bob hit the ground, half turned on his shoulder, rolled over twice with the rapid, vigorous twist second-nature to a seasoned halfback, and bounded to his feet. He met Roaring Dick half way with a straight blow. It failed to stop, or even to shake the little riverman. The next instant the men ...
— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White
... University, affectionately known and revered by two thousand undergraduates as "Skipper Bill" sat in the locker room with his arm around Ted Robertson's shoulders, star halfback and punter of the varsity eleven. Around them moved the other varsity players, substitutes, second string men, trainers ...
— The Upward Path - A Reader For Colored Children • Various


Words linked to "Halfback" :   running back, football, football team, football game, eleven, back


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