center back

noun

, Volleyball, Water Polo.

1. the player in the middle of the back line.

Example Sentences

Alexi Lalas, once a bruising center back, looks at politics the same way he looks at soccer, as a contact sport in which you fight to the end, then shake hands.

From Los Angeles Times

Turns out Lalas, a bruising, physical center back who was booked almost three times as often as he scored in a nine-year professional career, looks at politics the same way he looks at soccer — as a contact sport in which you fight to the end, then shake hands afterward.

From Los Angeles Times

Niki Prongos took the injured Reuben Unije’s spot at left tackle, Sam Yoon made his first start at center and Josh Carlin moved from center back to right guard, the spot he occupied last season.

From Los Angeles Times

Lexi has played soccer since she was 6 and plays center back for the Jesters’ varsity team in the winter, but at the moment she is all about football.

From Los Angeles Times

A center back, Pochettino signed his first contract with Newell’s Old Boys at age 17 and played in nearly 500 matches in Argentina, Spain and France.

From Los Angeles Times