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Definition of Halfback
1. Noun. (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position.
2. Noun. (American football) the position of a back on a football team.
Definition of Halfback
1. Noun. (American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays. ¹
2. Noun. (Canadian football) A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside. ¹
3. Noun. (field hockey) A position in field hockey, with both offensive and defensive roles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halfback
1. a football player [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfback
Literary usage of Halfback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac (1921)
"St. Francis Prep—Sullivan, left halfback; Hartley, quarterback; Gallagher, left
tackle. (¡OLF. The season of 1920 proved to be the most important in the ..."
2. The Book of Athletics by Paul Withington (1914)
"HOW TO PLAY halfback BY JAMES THORPE IN order to fill the position of halfback
satisfactorily the player must be heavy-set, and of medium weight. ..."
3. The American College by Higher Education Association (U.S.) (1910)
"Sidle Fullback Carlisle Houser Fullback Chicago Crawley halfback Michigan . ...
Quarterback Illinois Butzer Guard Hobart Neagle halfback Rochester . ..."
4. Inside Football by Frank W. Cavanaugh (1919)
"If the kicker is the fullback, his right halfback charges immediately for the
... If the right halfback is kicking, the fullback, taking care not to ..."
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