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Originally Posted by joecrisp
However, in the "Pro" set, the runningback lines up next to the fullback, and becomes a halfback. Of course, the term "Halfback" has been around for a long time-- ever since the days of the old "T" and "wishbone" formations, where there was one fullback and two runningbacks split to either "half" of the backfield.
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I always thought that fullback and halfback came from the T formation where the fullback was at the back of the formation (i.e. he was "fully" back from the line of scrimmage) and the halfback was halfway between the full back and the line of scrimmage and the quaterback (surprise surprise) was one quarter of the distance between the line of scrimmage and the fullback.