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• n  (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
• n  (American football) the position of a back on a football team

• Reagan, who would be "The Gipper" ever after, poses in a scene from the 1940 film "Knute Rockne All American," in which Reagan portrayed Notre Dame halfback George Gipp.
• It had a high-stepping halfback, ex-marine Gerald ("Doc") Doherty, who averaged 13.
• With Don Durdan, a left-handed right halfback, and Bob Dethman, a right-handed left halfback, carrying out clever hocus-pocus despite a drizzling rain, they fooled the Devils .

News & Articles

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• Off the wire
  FOOTBALL Ravens release Leach Vonta Leach was released Tuesday by the Baltimore Ravens, who failed to agree on a restructured contract with the All-Pro fullback. Leach was an integral part of a running game that helped the Ravens become champions last season. Paving the way for standout halfback Ray Rice, Leach made the Pro Bowl in each of his two seasons with Baltimore and was a key figure in ...
  June 12, 2013 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• Updated: Vonta Leach cut by Ravens in salary-cap move
  By The Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Vonta Leach has been released by the Baltimore Ravens, who failed to agree on a restructured contract with the All-Pro fullback. Leach was an integral part of a running game that helped the Ravens become Super Bowl champions last season. Paving the way for standout halfback Ray Rice, Leach made the Pro Bowl in each of his two seasons (2011, 2012) with ...
  June 11, 2013 - Houston Chronicle
• UPDATE: Vonta Leach cut by Ravens, interested in Texans
  Staff and wire reports OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Vonta Leach was released Tuesday by the Baltimore Ravens, who failed to agree on a restructured contract with the All-Pro fullback. Leach was an integral part of a running game that helped the Ravens become Super Bowl champions last season. Paving the way for standout halfback Ray Rice, Leach made the Pro Bowl in each of his two seasons with Baltimore ...
  June 11, 2013 - Houston Chronicle

Quotes

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• Brent Kite in The Canberra Times
  He is the centre of this grand Manly plan, somewhat remarkable considering prop Brent Kite was joking yesterday that the players give Hasler a hard time when they see him pass the football at training because, "He was once the Australian halfback -...
• Steve Hansen in Sydney Morning Herald
  They're clever with the way they do things, you've only got to look at the way the halfback puts the ball in,Hansen told journalists in Wellington. "They've adapted their scrum to suit the way they play. They don't keep the ball in the...