Fullback or Full back may refer to:
Sports
* A position in various kinds of
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
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Full-back (association football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
, in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
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Fullback (gridiron football)
A fullback (FB) is a position in the offensive backfield in gridiron football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback. Fullbacks are typically larger than halfbacks and in most offensive schemes the fullback's dut ...
, in American and Canadian football (gridiron), a position in the offensive backfield
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Fullback (rugby league)
Fullback (or full-back) is one of the positions in a rugby league football team. Typically wearing jersey number 1, the fullback is a member of the team's 'back-line' (No. 1-7). The position's name comes from their duty of standing the furthest b ...
, a position behind the main line of backs in rugby league football
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Fullback (rugby union)
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16– ...
, a position behind the main line of backs in rugby union football
** Fullback, one of the
Australian rules football positions
In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ...
* A similar defence
position in (field) hockey
Other uses
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Sukhoi Su-34
The Sukhoi Su-34 (russian: Сухой Су-34; NATO reporting name: Fullback) is a Soviet-origin Russian twin-engine, twin-seat, all-weather supersonic medium-range fighter-bomber/strike aircraft. It first flew in 1990, intended for the Sov ...
, a Russian fighter aircraft, from its NATO reporting name
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Fiat Fullback
The Fiat Fullback is a pickup truck from the Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat made from 2016 to 2019. The result of a collaboration agreement between Fiat and the Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors signed in 2014, the truck is mechanically ...
, a pickup truck based on the Mitsubishi L200
See also
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Half back (disambiguation)
A halfback, half back, or half-back may refer to:
* , in rugby league football
* , in rugby league football
* Half-back (rugby union)
** Fly-half (rugby union)
** Scrum-half (rugby union)
* Half back (association football), an obsolete position ...
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Three-quarter back Three-quarter back is the back-line positions of wing or centre in either rugby league or rugby union.
See also
*Rugby league positions
*Rugby union positions
*Half back (disambiguation)
A halfback, half back, or half-back may refer to:
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