halfback

IPA: hˈæfbæk

(field sports) Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
(field sports) A player who occupies one of these positions.
(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.
(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.
(field hockey) A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
(Australian rules football) One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
(rugby) The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.

Examples of "halfback" in Sentences

He primarily played at halfback.
Responsibilities of the halfback.
He plays as a hooker or halfback.
He plays at fullback or halfback.
He was as fast as a good halfback.
He was selected here as a halfback.
He played the position of halfback.
He plays as a halfback or as a hooker.
As fullback and halfback for the Bulldogs.
In this case, the halfback becomes a tailback.
'' We definitely did it the hard way, we should have done that a lot easier, '' the recalled halfback said.
I called a halfback pass, and Larry Keys threw a two-point conversion pass to Unglaub to win the game, 21–20.
That means he must take the blame for calling a halfback option pass inside the red zone in the first quarter.
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.
They should listen to Pearce - who stands at the crossroads of becoming the state's long-term halfback - and hear what this second chance means to him.
Welsh coach Warren Gatland says the days of Wales "fearing" Australia are long gone while recalled halfback Dwayne Peel bought into the same theme yesterday when spruiking that
The halfback was a revelation for Queensland this year, the heart and soul of the side, and he was sorely missed by the Wallabies when absent through injury at the start of the season.