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Synonyms for halfback
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : haf-bak, hahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˌbæk, ˈhɑf- |
Définition of halfback
- As in running back : noun football position
- But no halfback was ever so elusive as this infernal college.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- Down the field a Princeton halfback had caught the ball and was squirming back.
- Extract from : « Stover at Yale » by Owen Johnson
- I was down stairs in three shakes, and I went through a waiter like a halfback to do it.
- Extract from : « The Lash » by Olin L. Lyman
- He suffers like an All-America halfback playing on a scrub team.
- Extract from : « Pieces of Hate » by Heywood Broun
- Miller, the great Indian halfback, had scored a touchdown, after a long run.
- Extract from : « Football Days » by William H. Edwards
- The game brought out Jimmie Craig in the new rôle of halfback and assured him a permanent berth behind the line.
- Extract from : « Practical English Composition: Book II. » by Edwin L. Miller
- Sara was halfback on the freshman football team, while Jim played quarterback.
- Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
- Right at him came Birdie Andrews, hat in hand, and when the halfback arrived he bowed and asked him to stop.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- Tom had just obliterated a 150-pound halfback, who had lost the ball, the use of his legs and his Varsity aspirations altogether.
- Extract from : « Football Days » by William H. Edwards
- In the first story of this series we watch Yank buck the line as a Halfback.
- Extract from : « Mary Jane's City Home » by Clara Ingram Judson
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