Crossword clues for quarterback
quarterback
- What one gets from the hot dog vendor when paying with a $5 bill?
- "The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___"
- The position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
- Fouts or Jaworski
- Signalman of sorts
- Montana, for one
- Fouts, e.g.
- Play caller
- Fraction of a football squad?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in U.S. football, 1876, from quarter (n.) + back (n.); so called from his position on the field at the start of play, between the halfback and the center. As a verb from 1945. Figurative sense from 1952. Monday morning quarterback is 1932 (n.), 1972 (v.); originally pro football player slang for sportswriters (U.S. professional football games typically are played on Sundays).
Wiktionary
n. (context American football English) an offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play vb. 1 (context American football English) to play the position of quarterback 2 (by extension) to lead the offense
WordNet
n. (football) the person who plays quarterback [syn: signal caller, field general]
the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback is the most important position on the team" [syn: signal caller, field general]
v. play the quarterback
Wikipedia
Quarterback (commonly abbreviated to QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually considered the leader of the offensive team, and is often responsible for calling the play in the huddle.
'Quarterback ' is a 2-player American football arcade game released by Leland in 1987.
"QUARTERBACK" is a One-Player or Two-Player interactive football game with all the exciting sounds and hard-hitting action of the real thing. On Offensive, the player must choose his strategy by selecting a play with maneuvering his quarterback through the right hole or leading his intended receiver with the passing target to complete that perfect pass. On Defensive, The object is to outwit your opponent by choosing an alignment that will stop the offense while positioning your linebacker to fill the gap, sack the quarterback, or pick off that pass. When Kicking or Punting, the wind is always a factor and the game clock comes into play near the end of each half. Another interesting feature of "QUARTERBACK" is the ability to keep track of over 15 categories of game play statistics and the fact that each player's salary reflects his/her overall performance in these areas. Players compete for the top salary.
"Quarterback" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Kira Isabella. It was written by Rivers Rutherford, Bobby Hamrick, and Marti Dodson, and was produced by Mark Liggett and Jerry Lane. The song was first released in Canada through Legend North (under license to Sony Music Canada) on March 25, 2014 as the lead single from Isabella's second studio album, Caffeine & Big Dreams.
Usage examples of "quarterback".
When she had been a teenager, she and the rest of the family had always thought of Bret as simply the finest quarterback in the history of Southern college football, but Jess had long since dismissed that as family prejudice.
By the time he was a sophomore in high school, Billy was the quarterback on the football team and the high scorer on the basketball team.
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.
I bet Kevin Peterson even gets free coffee at the local doughnut shop on the square just because people remember him from his days as a Dixieland High School quarterback.
He had to blink and clear his head to realize that Natick High had the ball, that it had been their quarterback to throw that beauty of a pass, and their receiver to catch it.
Zurich -- he would have a round of farewell beers with Robbie and Shula before catching the plane for Boston, where he would open the 1976 season as quarterback for the Bulls.
At the center of the circle was Tom Cook Clark, an assistant coach, an expert on quarterbacking, known as a scholarly man because he smoked a pipe and did not use profanity.
We went over for a joint conference with Tom Cook Clark and his three quarterbacks, Garland Hobbs, Terry Madden and Byrd Whiteside.
Then the receivers and backs ran simple pass patterns as the quarterbacks took turns throwing.
Creed spoke slowly and evenly, looking from Hobbs to Taft to me, ignoring the other quarterbacks and running backs gathered behind us.
Those were the days when quarterbacks were more like running backs and you played both sides.
Armorer, and he sidestepped like a quarterback from olden times dodging a rushing defensive lineman, slipping nimbly between trees to the right of the track, out of the line of fire.
The Liberty quarterback departed with his head down, his teammates already beseeching him not to feel sorry but to feel proud of the effort he had made.
It was the greatest, most exciting game Colleen had ever seen, and not only because she was romantically involved with the quarterback.
They were as promised, a spectacular swarm of contraltos and astronauts and quarterbacks and chairpersons of the board.