wingback

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Pep once again showed initiative and tactical thinking playing a hybrid 3 back with Alves as wingback, and I liked it a lot, especially for teams that want to play us as defensively as we are use to.

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  1. noun Football A back positioned on offense behind or outside of an end.
  2. noun Football The position played by such a back.

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  • Mrs. Clayton sat upright in an uncomfortable satin wingback, Taylor in a spongy armchair. —  Mistress of Justice
  • Pep once again showed initiative and tactical thinking playing a hybrid 3 back with Alves as wingback, and I liked it a lot, especially for teams that want to play us as defensively as we are use to. —  Arseblog
  • A byproduct of this Husker Hysteria is the stage it provides obscure scout-teamers like the wingback from Utah who mostly stood on the sidelines and watched for four seasons. —  Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage
  • Darren Barr: Used as right-wingback in a move that never looked like working. —  The Daily Record - Home
  • O'Brien, Central's elusive wingback, said the changes have done nothing but help the team succeed. —  billingsgazette.com
 

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