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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



... follow, and his playing, his enthusiasm, and earnest efforts contributed much toward the winning of the Andover, Princeton freshmen and Hill School games. There appeared at Lawrenceville a new coach who assisted Street and George. He was none other than the famous Princeton halfback, Douglas Ward, whose record as an honored man in the classroom as well as on the football field was well known to all of us, and had stood out among college athletes as a wonderful example. He was very modest. I recall that ...
— Football Days - Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball • William H. Edwards

... never marry a mollycoddle like you, Harold Hammond!" Big game of the year. Team crippled. Second half. Halfback hurt. Harold Hammond, scrub, into the game. Touchdown! Broken leg. Five to nothing. "Harold, can you ever, ever ...
— Cheerful—By Request • Edna Ferber



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



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