ruckman

/ ˈrʌkˌmæn; -mən /

noun

1. Australian rules football a person who plays in the ruck

Example Sentences

Because of his height, he often features as Collingwood’s ruckman, a position in which he contests center bounces, boundary throw-ins and ball-ups, making him one of the most important players on the field.

From Los Angeles Times

According to war records, with the $30 Mr. Ruckman had in his own wallet, he bribed Russian MPs to overlook the cutting down of two telephone poles needed as hoists.

From New York Times

The Americans feared too much attention, though, and Mr. Spiegel made sure to drink with the Russian officers in Torun, toasting Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill, the day Mr. Ruckman had villagers hoist the plane in the potato field.

From New York Times

Mr. Spiegel met the other pilot, a fiery Illinois officer named George Ruckman, whose plane had lost one engine to flak and had blown a tire in its landing.

From New York Times

William Ruckman, who was on leave from the tree care company where he works in Carroll County, delivered vaccine doses from the pharmacy to the medical tents.

From Washington Post