Crossword clues for fullback
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
fullback \fullback\ n. an offensive football player who plays farther behind the line of scrimmage than the half-back. They are used primarily for blocking and line plunges.
Syn: fullback.
fullback \fullback\ v. 1. (Football) To play the position of fullback on a football team; to be the fullback.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays. 2 (label en field hockey) A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring. 3 (label en soccer) (alternative form of full-back English)
WordNet
n. (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
the position of a back on a football team
v. play the fullback
Wikipedia
Fullback or Full back may refer to:
In sports:
- A position in various kinds of football, including:
- Full back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
- Fullback (gridiron football), in American and Canadian football (gridiron), a position in the offensive backfield
- Fullback (rugby league), a position behind the main line of backs in rugby league football
- Fullback, one of the Australian rules football positions
- Fullback, one of the rugby union positions
- A similar defence position in (field) hockey
In other uses:
- Sukhoi Su-34, a Russian fighter aircraft, from its NATO reporting name
A fullback (FB) is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback. Typically, fullbacks are larger than halfbacks and in most offensive schemes their duties are split between power running and blocking for both the quarterback and the other running back.
Many great runners in the history of American football have been fullbacks, including Marion Motley, Jim Brown, Jim Taylor, Franco Harris, Mike Alstott, Larry Csonka, John Riggins, and Christian Okoye.
Fullback (or full-back) is one of the positions in a rugby league football team. Wearing jersey number 1, the fullback is a member of the team's 'back-line' (1-7). The position's name comes from their duty of standing the furthest back in defence, behind the forwards (8-13), half backs (6 and 7) and the three-quarter backs (2-5). Fullbacks are therefore the last line of defence, having to tackle any opposition players and regather the ball from any kicks that make it through their team-mates. It is for this reason that the fullback is also referred to as the sweeper or custodian. Being able to secure high bomb kicks is a sought after quality in fullbacks.
Fullback is also one of the most important positions in attack, handling the ball nearly every set of six and often running into open space on the field. Therefore, together with the two half backs and hooker, fullback is one of the four key positions that make up what is referred to as a team's 'spine'. Because the fullback makes the most support runs, players in the role complete more very high-intensity running than any other position.
The Rugby League International Federation's Laws of the Game state that the 'fullback' is to be numbered 1. However, traditionally players' jersey numbers have varied, and in the modern Super League, each squad's players are assigned individual numbers regardless of position.
Usage examples of "fullback".
He had been right halfback in the same backfield at Waterford High where I had played fullback, Mike Hess had been the left half, and Capers Middleton had called signals at quarterback.
The rosebushes along the western wall of the house served as the garden of Gethsemane where an ex-Bronco fullback betrayed Mr.
Morgen had latched onto Ted's number one rival for big man on campus, the school's lead fullback, Wally Parr, but Ted had seemed totally uninterested in female companionship.
Hartley Flanagan was a corporation lawyer who could chin himself a dozen times and had been a varsity fullback at Stanford.
Unfortunately, the people who invented karate never got to practice on 235-pound former NFL fullbacks with sequoia-sized arms.
They land on an idea, even an important idea, like one of their fullbacks making a tackle.
But then John Pope took over, and with a series of brilliant plays, carried the ball down the field toward the Benton goal line, where the Clay fullback punched it across.