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quarterback
has definitions from the fields of sport,american football,games
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[ noun ] (football) the person who plays quarterback
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Bobby_Waters of Sylvania , Ga. , relief quarterback for the San_Francisco 49ers of the National_Football_League , will undergo a knee operation tomorrow at Franklin_Hospital here . (The Dallas Morning News,...)The Air_Force's , and the game 's , final play , was a long pass by quarterback Bob_McNaughton which Gannon intercepted on his own 44 and returned 22 yards . Buffalo coach Buster_Ramsey , who has become one of the game 's greatest collectors of quarterbacks , apparently now has found a productive pair in two ex National_Football_Leaguers , M._C._Reynolds and Warren_Rabb . `` Buster would solve that quarterback problem just_as we head that way '' . The Texans won the game through ball control , with Quarterback Cotton_Davidson throwing only 17 passes . |
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[ noun ] (sport,american football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
Synonyms Examples "quarterback is the most important position on the team" Related terms |
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