halfback
Example Sentences
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Another halfback, Ray Williams, also starred and went to Washington State.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Apodaca, who played halfback at the University of New Mexico in the mid-1950s, was appointed in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter as chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
A quietly confident all-American halfback with a sharp intellect and quick reflexes, Davis was drawn by President John F. Kennedy’s vision of the Special Forces as a sort of counterinsurgency dream team.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
A halfback pass back to Nix for a score.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
He was about to be a junior at the black high school, where he made all A’s and played halfback on the football team.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
