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Fullback   /fˈʊlbˌæk/   Listen
Fullback

noun
1.
(football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team.
2.
(American football) the position of a back on a football team.






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"Fullback" Quotes from Famous Books



... to you to nurse. You're supposed to start the same day with the line. We give you that ball to take forward. Have you got to get a legal permit to start those legs of yours? You'd make a good vault to store footballs in, but you're too stationary for a fullback. Now I'll give you ...
— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch

... had been shot through, Dave Darrin went under and past, on one side, between the halfback's legs. He was up again, with Dan at his back. Fullback came at them, but Dan bumped that player aside. Dave dashed on across the ...
— Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis - Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen • H. Irving Hancock

... looked down toward the goal"—(Bertram had been gesticulating wildly; now he gave the outstretched fingers of his right hand a sudden fillip to show the changed direction of his glance) "and I saw a clear field right straight to the fullback ...
— The Readjustment • Will Irwin



Words linked to "Fullback" :   football team, running back, play, football game, eleven, back, football



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