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halfback
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noun
- rugby either the scrum half or the stand-off half
- old-fashioned.soccer any of three players positioned behind the line of forwards and in front of the fullbacks
- any of certain similar players in other team sports
- the position of a player who is halfback
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When the Detroit Lions unveiled an I-formation against the Bears at old Tigers Stadium, Butkus knocked every member of the “I†— the center, quarterback, fullback and halfback — out of the game.
Arizona State used a variety of trick plays - two on halfback passes - to trail by eight at halftime and pulled within 24-21 on Pyne’s 25-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Badger in the third quarter.
A quietly confident all-American halfback with a sharp intellect and quick reflexes, Davis was drawn by President John F. Kennedy’s vision of the Special Forces as a sort of counterinsurgency dream team.
“I played halfback, fullback and emergency tight end, and I started on five special teams. I get confused on one play, and they never let me forget it.â€
Along with halfback Eugene “Mercury†Morris, they would form the nucleus of the Dolphins’ fearsome ’72 rushing attack.
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