right-half

noun

right-half

noun
1

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports Dated A player who plays wide on the right side of midfield

  • He had grown up admiring his United predecessor Eddie Colman, a right-half of greater natural gifts, who died in the Munich air disaster of 1958. By that time Stiles had already represented England schoolboys as a right-half, displaying attacking talents that would be somewhat inhibited in his later career.2020 October 30, Brian Glanville, “Nobby Stiles obituary”, in The Guardian:
Related terms
left-half

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