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US
/ˈhæfˌbæk/
]
[ UK /hˈɑːfbæk/ ]
[ UK /hˈɑːfbæk/ ]
NOUN
- (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
- (American football) an offensive back usually positioned behind the quarterback and to the side of the fullback
How To Use halfback In A Sentence
- Wore manual shoe to also become a capital the halfback choice of modern gens.
- He could wind up as the top backup at halfback and fullback if healthy.
- I made the run-on team but as a winger because the incumbent halfback was heaps bigger and faster than me, and also because the mate that introduced me to the club had broken his nose the previous week.
- Hockey should follow suit with special coaches for goalkeepers, defenders, halfbacks and forwards.
- Midway through the half, the Blues opted to kick for the corner from a penalty and from the ensuing lineout the forwards drove halfback Steve Devine over for the second.
- '' We definitely did it the hard way, we should have done that a lot easier, '' the recalled halfback said. The Canberra Times - Front Page
- Nevertheless, halfback Garrison Hearst is new to the offense.
- Schaub hooked up with Johnson for a 53-yard gain in the fourth quarter, then Houston oddly called a halfback pass on first-and-goal at the 5. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- The two forecheckers are called torpedoes, the other forwards are called halfbacks and the lone defenseman is a rover.
- I called a halfback pass, and Larry Keys threw a two-point conversion pass to Unglaub to win the game, 21–20. Called to Coach
