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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.

News & Articles

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• Do or Die Bowl IX Preview: Military training helps Miller - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  Scotland County wingback Zach Miller’s speed will be an asset to the West All-Star team Friday night in KHQA Do or Die Bowl IX, which is being played at Hannibal’s Porter Stadium.
  June 27, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig

Quotes

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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...