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Definition of Backfield
1. Noun. The offensive football players who line up behind the linemen.
Definition of Backfield
1. Noun. (soccer) The area of play behind either the offensive or defensive line. ¹
2. Noun. The players positioned in this area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backfield
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backfield
Literary usage of Backfield
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inside Football by Frank W. Cavanaugh (1919)
"CHAPTER XIV BACKS AND backfield TACTICS THE traditional fullback was taller,
heavier and of knottier muscles than the "light, speedy halves. ..."
2. The Book of Athletics by Paul Withington, Lothrop Withington (1914)
"Most people will consider the backfield positions the most important ones to
fill, and of these, that of the quarter-back probably the most difficult one. ..."
3. Football for Public and Player by Herbert M. Reed (1913)
"The ideal backfield contains four punters, drop and placement kickers, and forward
passers, but such a backfield is ..."
4. Michiganensian by University of Michigan (1916)
"The Cornell backfield quartette played as a compact, charging machine, ...
This backfield formed an interference for the man with the ball which could not ..."
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