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US
/ˈfʊɫˌbæk/
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[ UK /fˈʊlbæk/ ]
[ UK /fˈʊlbæk/ ]
NOUN
- (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
- (American football) an offensive position in the backfield
VERB
- play the fullback
How To Use fullback In A Sentence
- He also may be the most versatile player - he lines up as a fullback, a receiver or a wing.
- One of the league's best blocking fullbacks and an improving runner, Christian missed the final two games in 1998 and all of the playoffs after tearing the ACL and MCL in the same knee.
- They lead the NFL in yards per carry behind a strong offensive line and a terrific fullback in Fred Reasley.
- (Not to mention the fact that only a monster with a heart of steel or stone could not have missed the fact that Michelle looks better than anyone has a right to in a white, quilted down jacket, when even the most lithe and anorectic supermodels look like fullbacks in the same winter wear.) Erica Heller: The Audacity of Hopelessness
- Though he could be an imposing force on the defensive line, he was downright scary rumbling out of the backfield as a fullback, plowing a path for teammate Walter Payton.
- Silsden retained a their 4-4 - 2 system which allowed fullbacks, Adam Reed and Michael Rhodes to attack down the wings.
- Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has accepted defeat in his pursuit of Sevilla fullback Daniel Alves.
- The fullbacks and wingers simply double up on Arsenal's two wingers, leaving the Central defenders one task, marking the two strikers.
- The team lost some flexibility at tight end with the departure of Conwell, who could play on the line, in the backfield as a fullback or go in motion.
- French ex-Liverpool fullback owned a Skoda. The Sun