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  2. Halfback (American football) - Wikipedia

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    Adrian Peterson lined up at halfback. A halfback (HB) is an offensive position in American football, whose duties involve lining up in the offensive backfield [1] and carrying the ball on most rushing plays, i.e. a running back.

  3. History of American football positions - Wikipedia

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    It was the Irish nomenclature of quarter back, half back, and full back that came to North America for use in what was to become the dominant native form of football. The terms became hyphenated and eventually unhyphenated single words, "quarterback" (QB), "halfback" (HB), and "fullback" (FB).

  4. Half back - Wikipedia

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    A halfback, half back, or half-back may refer to: Stand-off, in rugby league football; Halfback (rugby league) Half-back (rugby union) Fly-half (rugby union) Scrum-half (rugby union) Half back (association football), an obsolete position Centre-back; Wing half; Halfback (American football), a type of running back

  5. Halfback option play - Wikipedia

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    Former San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson successfully threw seven touchdowns on option passes on just twelve career passing attempts. [5] In college football, the Arkansas Razorbacks used halfback option passes with great success in 2006, using running back Darren McFadden in the role.

  6. Association football positions - Wikipedia

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    The term "half-back" fell out of use by the early 1970s and "midfield" was used in naming the positions that play around the middle third as in centre midfield and wide midfield. [1] The fluid nature of the modern game means that positions in football are not as rigidly defined as in sports such as rugby or American football. Even so, most ...

  7. H-back - Wikipedia

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    The H-back lines up similarly to a tight end, but is "set back" from the line of scrimmage, and is thus counted as one of the four "backs" in the offensive formation. The H-back, while similar in name, should not be confused with " halfback " or "running back", which are used to denote a separate, primary ball-carrying backfield position.

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    Chloe Kim drops back in after break Chloe Kim has taken a full season off from competition after each of her Olympic halfpipe titles in 2018 and 2022, and each time quickly returned to the top of ...

  9. Running back - Wikipedia

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    A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. [1] There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play, depending on the offensive formation.