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  • n  (football) the person who plays wingback
  • n  (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end

  • In the Rose Bowl in 1925, his team showed a flashy double wingback formation against Knute Rockne's Four Horsemen of Notre Dame.
  • Another portrait is Shorty, which sets a stubble-faced recluse incongruously in a sleek green silk wingback chair.
  • A wingback is simply a halfback who takes position about a yard and a half behind the line of scrimmage and about the same distance outside his own end.
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  • Steve Tasker in Indianapolis Star
    These guys come in from being the LaDainian Tomlinson of their college team to being a wingback on the punt team,said Tasker, who retired from football after the 1997 season. "Mentally, it's a very difficult transition for them to make. A...
  • Bill Belichick in Boston Globe
    I think he made his biggest jump in that first and second year,coach Bill Belichick said. "Basically, you're talking about a guy that played running back in high school and wingback in college. He was basically a running back trying to...

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