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Halfback   Listen
noun
halfback  n.  (Football)
1.
A person who plays the position of halfback (2) on a football team.
Synonyms: running back.
2.
The position of either of two players on a football team who typically begins each play behind the line and on either side of the quarterback.





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"Halfback" Quotes from Famous Books



... unprepared ranks Gavin Brice tore his way. So might a veteran football halfback smash a path through the rushline of ...
— Black Caesar's Clan • Albert Payson Terhune
... hither and thither over the green sward told what was in the wind. And the title of our next story will explain how those boys of Chester were eager to win more victories for their home town. You will find it all set down in the pages of "Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums; or When the Halfback ...
— Jack Winters' Campmates • Mark Overton


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


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