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flanker back

noun as in running back

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Mr. Biden, a Philadelphia Eagles fan, also said he once thought he could be a “flanker back” in the NFL.

As if that weren't enough, he was a star flanker back in football, and one pro scout called him "a sure No. 1 draft choice" if he played out his senior year.

Harold, a flanker back, runs the 100 in 9.5 sec., and set a school record in 1966 by catching 57 passes.

Joey Heatherton, 24, nimble-limbed television performer and troop entertainer; and Lance Rentzel, 25, swivel-hipped flanker back for football's Dallas Cowboys and new co-owner of a Dallas night club; each for the first time; in New York City.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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