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In sports, a utility player is one who can play several positions competently.^[1]

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Adam Ashley-Cooper

Adam Ashley-Cooper (born 27 March 1984) is a former Australian rugby union player who last played for the LA Giltinis of Major League Rugby (MLR).

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AFL–NFL merger

The AFL–NFL merger was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues in the United States at the time: the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL).

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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference.

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Anthony Muñoz

Michael Anthony Muñoz (born August 19, 1958) is an American former football offensive tackle who played for 13 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL).

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The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States.

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Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta.

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Austin Healey

Austin Sean Healey (born 26 October 1973 in Wallasey (now part of Merseyside, formerly Cheshire), is a former English rugby union player who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and represented both England and the British & Irish Lions. He has 51 England caps and 2 Lions caps. He played for England at scrum half, fly-half, fullback and wing, and was often used as a replacement (or substitute) because of his versatility.

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Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.

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Beijing Guoan F.C.

Beijing Guoan Football Club, known internationally as Beijing FC, is a Chinese professional football club based in Beijing, that competes in.

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Bill Belichick

William Stephen Belichick (born April 16, 1952) is an American sports analyst and football coach.

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William Lacey (24 September 1889, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland – 30 May 1969) was an Irish footballer who played for, among others, Shelbourne, Liverpool, Everton and Linfield.

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Bjørn Paulsen

Bjørn Iversen Paulsen (born 2 July 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for OB in the Danish Superliga.

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Bradley Alexander Smith (born December 12, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL).

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Bradbury Robinson

Bradbury Norton Robinson Jr. (February 1, 1884 – March 7, 1949) was a pioneering American football player, physician, nutritionist, conservationist and local politician.

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Brent Burns

Brent Burns (born March 9, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Brooks Laich

Evan Brooks Laich (born June 23, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.

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Bryan Cox

Bryan Keith Cox Sr. (born February 17, 1968) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the assistant defensive line coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

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Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.

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Cameron Woki

Cameron Woki (born 7 November 1998) is a French professional rugby union player, who plays as a lock or flanker for French Top 14 club Racing 92 and the France national team.

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Catcher

Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. Utility player and Catcher are baseball positions.

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The Central Michigan Chippewas are a college football program in Division I FBS, representing Central Michigan University (CMU).

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Centre (ice hockey)

The centre (or center in American English) in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the sideboards.

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Charles Puleri

Charles "Charley" Puleri (born March 1, 1969) is a former professional football quarterback.

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Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago.

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Chris Campoli

Christopher Campoli (born July 9, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Dundas Real McCoys of the Ontario Hockey Association's Allan Cup Hockey.

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Christoph Schubert

Christoph Schubert (born February 5, 1982) is a German former professional ice hockey player.

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Chuck Bednarik

Charles Philip Bednarik (May 1, 1925 – March 21, 2015), nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American football linebacker and center who played in the National Football League (NFL).

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College baseball

College baseball is baseball that is played by student-athletes at institutions of higher education.

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Combo guard

A combo guard is a basketball player who combines the attributes of a point guard (1) and shooting guard (2), but does not necessarily fit the standard description of either position.

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Cookie Gilchrist

Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist (May 25, 1935 – January 10, 2011) was an American football fullback who played in the American Football League (AFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Cordarrelle Patterson

Cordarrelle Patterson (born March 17, 1991), nicknamed "Flash", is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).

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Cory Jane

Cory Steven Jane (born 8 February 1983) is a New Zealand international rugby union player.

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Cosmin Moți

Cosmin Iosif Moți (born 3 December 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central defender and currently the technical director of Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad.

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Courtney Lawes

Courtney Linford Lawes (born 23 February 1989) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints and formerly for the England national team.

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Crystal Dunn

Crystal Alyssia Soubrier (born July 3, 1992) is an American professional soccer for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Gotham FC and the United States national team.

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Damien Traille

Damien Traille (born 12 June 1979) is a former French rugby union player.

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Daniel Bowden

Daniel Russell Bowden (born 1 April 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player, currently playing for in the Mitre 10 Cup.

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David Benjamin James MBE (born 1 August 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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David Pocock

David Willmer Pocock (born 23 April 1988) is an Australian politician and former professional rugby union player.

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Defenceman

Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring.

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Denard Robinson

Denard Xavier Robinson (born September 22, 1990) is an American former professional football player and a former staff member for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jacksonville University and the University of Michigan.

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Derrick Henry

Derrick Lamar Henry Jr. (born January 4, 1994) is an American football running back for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).

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Designated hitter

The designated hitter (DH) is a baseball player who bats in place of another position player, most commonly the pitcher. Utility player and designated hitter are baseball positions.

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Don Jonas

Donald Walter Jonas (born December 3, 1938) is a former American football player and coach.

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Donald Penn

Donald Ward Penn (born April 27, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).

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Dustin Byfuglien

Dustin Byfuglien (born March 27, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey player.

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Eduardo Camavinga

Eduardo Celmi Camavinga (born 10 November 2002) is a professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Real Madrid and the France national team.

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Eric Crouch

Eric Eugene Crouch (born November 16, 1978) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

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Fantasy baseball

Fantasy baseball is a game in which the participants serve as owners and general managers of virtual baseball teams.

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Fantasy basketball

Fantasy basketball is a game in which the participants serve as owners and general managers of virtual professional basketball teams.

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Fantasy sport

A fantasy sport (also known less commonly as rotisserie or roto) is a game, often played using the Internet, where participants assemble imaginary or virtual teams composed of proxies of real players of a professional sport.

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Farm team

In sports, a farm team, farm system, feeder team, feeder club, or nursery club is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher level at a given point, usually in an association with a major-level parent team. Utility player and farm team are Terminology used in multiple sports.

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FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.

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Flanker (rugby union)

Flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union.

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Forward (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a forward is a player, and a position on the ice, whose primary responsibility is to score and assist goals.

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Forward pass

In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line.

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Forward-center

Forward–center is a basketball position for players who play or have played both forward and center on a consistent basis.

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François Steyn

François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn (born 14 May 1987) is a South African former professional rugby union player.

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Full strength

Full strength (also called 5-on-5) in ice hockey refers to when both teams have five skaters and one goaltender on the ice.

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Gene Mingo

Eugene L. Mingo (born September 22, 1938) is an American former professional football player who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL).

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George Blanda

George Frederick Blanda (September 17, 1927 – September 27, 2010) was an American football quarterback and placekicker who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL).

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Gino Cappelletti

Gino Raymond Michael Cappelletti (March 26, 1934 – May 12, 2022) was an American professional football player.

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Glossary of baseball terms

This is an alphabetical list of selected unofficial and specialized terms, phrases, and other jargon used in baseball, along with their definitions, including illustrative examples for many entries.

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Glossary of basketball terms

This glossary of basketball terms is a list of definitions of terms used in the game of basketball.

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The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a position in association football. Utility player and goalkeeper (association football) are association football positions.

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Grégory Alldritt

Grégory Alldritt (born 23 March 1997) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Top 14 club La Rochelle and the France national team.

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Gridiron football,.

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Guido Merkens

Guido Albert Merkens Jr. (born August 14, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback, running back, wide receiver, punter and defensive back for 10 seasons for the Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).

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In American football, a gunner, also known as a shooter, flyer, headhunter, or kamikaze, is a player on kickoffs and punts who specializes in running down the sideline very quickly in an attempt to tackle the kick or punt returner.

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H-back

An H-back is an offensive position in American football.

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Halfback option play

The halfback option play is an unorthodox play in American and Canadian football.

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Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston.

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Ian White (ice hockey)

Ian White (born June 4, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played over 500 games in the National Hockey League.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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Insult

An insult is an expression, statement, or behavior that is often deliberately disrespectful, offensive, scornful, or derogatory towards an individual or a group.

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Ivaylo Yordanov

Ivaylo Stoimenov Yordanov (Ивайло Стоименов Йорданов; born 22 April 1968) is a Bulgarian retired professional footballer who played mainly as a striker.

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J. J. Watt

Justin James Watt (born March 22, 1989) is an American former football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, primarily with the Houston Texans.

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James Milner

James Philip Milner (born 4 January 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Brighton & Hove Albion.

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James O'Connor (rugby union)

James David O'Connor (born 5 July 1990) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who currently plays for Queensland Reds in Super Rugby.

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Jan Koller

Jan Koller (born 30 March 1973) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Jason Peters

Jason Raynard Peters (born January 22, 1982) is an American football offensive tackle who is a free agent.

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Jérémy Sinzelle

Jérémy Sinzelle (born 2 July 1990) is a French rugby union player.

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Joe Staley

Joseph Andrew Staley (born August 30, 1984) is an American former football offensive tackle who played his entire career for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).

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Joe Webb

Joseph Webb III (born November 14, 1986) is a former American football quarterback.

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Johan Goosen

Johannes Lodewikus Goosen (born 27 July 1992) is a South African professional rugby union player.

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John Afoa

Ioane Fitu "John" Afoa (born 16 September 1983) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player.

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John Charles

William John Charles (27 December 1931 – 21 February 2004) was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre-forward or as a centre-back.

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John O'Shea

John Francis O'Shea (born 30 April 1981) is an Irish professional football coach and former player.

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John Smit

John William Smit, OIS, (born 3 April 1978) is a South African former professional rugby union player and former chief executive officer of the Sharks.

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Johnny Unitas

John Constantine Unitas (May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002) was an American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Baltimore Colts.

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Jonathan Ericsson

Jonathan Ericsson (born 2 March 1984) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent.

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Jorge Campos

Jorge Campos Navarrete (born 15 October 1966) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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José Luis Chilavert

José Luis Félix Chilavert González (born 27 July 1965) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Peñarol and the Paraguay national team.

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John Stuart "Jumbo" Elliott (born April 1, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 14 years in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants from 1988 to 1995 and the New York Jets from 1996 to 2000 and 2002.

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Juventus FC

Juventus Football Club (from iuventūs, 'youth'), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system.

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Kieran Read

Kieran James Read (born 26 October 1985) is a New Zealand former rugby union player.

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Kordell Stewart

Kordell Stewart (born October 16, 1972), is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Kurtis Foster

Kurtis Foster (born November 24, 1981) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey defenceman.

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Kurtley Beale

Kurtley James Beale (born 6 January 1989) is an Australian professional rugby union representative player who has made over 90 national representative appearances in a ten-year playing career at the world-class level.

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Kyle Williams (defensive tackle)

Kyle Derrick Williams (born June 10, 1983) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 13-year career as a defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).

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LaDainian Tomlinson

LaDainian Tarshane Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons.

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Lance Hohaia

Lance Koro Hohaia (born 1 April 1983), also known by the nickname of "The Huntly Hurricane", is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer.

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Lane Johnson

David Lane Johnson (born May 8, 1990) is an American football offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).

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Lee McCulloch

Lee Henry McCulloch (born 14 May 1978) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who most recently served as assistant manager of Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.

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Linda Bresonik

Linda Bresonik (born 7 December 1983) is a German retired footballer.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England.

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Lorenzo Alexander

Lorenzo John Alexander (born May 31, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was an outside linebacker for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Washington Redskins.

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Los Angeles Angels

The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles.

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Luke McAlister

Charles Luke McAlister (born 28 August 1983 in Waitara) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer.

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Magnus Erlingmark

Per Magnus Erlingmark (born 8 July 1968) is a Swedish footballer who mainly played as a defensive midfielder.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England.

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Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

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Marc-André Bergeron

Joseph Marc-André Bergeron (born October 13, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) before spending the later years of his career with the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL).

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Mark Streit

Mark Thomas Streit (born 11 December 1977) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey defenceman.

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Maro Itoje

Oghenemaro Miles Itoje (born 28 October 1994) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Premiership Rugby club Saracens and the England national team.

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Martin Peters

Martin Stanford Peters (8 November 1943 – 21 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager.

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Mathieu Dandenault

Mathieu Alexandre Dandenault (born February 3, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

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Matt Giteau

Matthew James Giteau (born 29 September 1982) is an Australian rugby union professional player who plays for San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR).

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Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.

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Mike Catt

Michael John Catt OBE (born 17 September 1971) is a South African-born former rugby union player who played for the England national rugby union team.

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Mike Vrabel

Michael George Vrabel (born August 14, 1975) is an American football coach and former linebacker.

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Mitch Frerotte

Paul Mitchael Frerotte (March 30, 1965 – June 11, 2008) was an American professional football player who played as a guard for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL), all with the Buffalo Bills.

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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New England Patriots

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area.

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New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans.

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New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

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Nippon Professional Baseball

is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan.

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One-platoon system

The one-platoon system, also known as "iron man football", is a rule-driven substitution pattern in American football whereby the same players were expected to stay on the field for the entire game, playing both offense and defense as required.

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Outfielder

An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. Utility player and outfielder are baseball positions.

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Pacific League

The, or, or the, due to sponsorship reasons, is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan.

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Paul Maguire

Paul Leo Maguire (born August 22, 1938) is an American former professional football player and television sportscaster.

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Phil Housley

Phillip Francis Housley (born March 9, 1964) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is currently an associate coach for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Phil Jagielka

Philip Nikodem Jagielka (or; born 17 August 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Philip Anthony Jones (born 21 February 1992) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. Utility player and pitcher are baseball positions.

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Point forward

Point forward is a nontraditional position in basketball, with a small forward—or sometimes a power forward or combo forward—adding the responsibilities of point guard to their play.

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Position player

In baseball, a position player is a player who on defense plays as an infielder, outfielder, or catcher. Utility player and position player are baseball positions.

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Power play

"Power play" is a sporting term used to describe a period of play where one team has a numerical advantage in players, usually due to a rule violation by the opposing team.

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Quarterback

The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football.

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Randy Moss

Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco 49ers.

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Real Madrid CF

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.

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Red Kelly

Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly (July 9, 1927 – May 2, 2019) was a Canadian professional hockey player and coach.

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Reggie Bush

Reginald Alfred Bush III (born March 2, 1985) is an American former football running back who was an on-air college football analyst for Fox Sports.

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Rogério Ceni

Rogério Mücke Ceni (born 22 January 1973) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is in charge of Bahia.

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Roger Schmidt (born 13 March 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player.

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Rugby league

Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rugby union in Australia

Rugby union in Australia has a history of organised competition dating back to the late 1860s.

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Rugby union in England

Rugby union in England is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports.

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Rugby union in France

Rugby union in France is a popular team sport.

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Rugby union in New Zealand

Rugby union has been played in New Zealand since 1870 and is the most popular sport in the country as well as being its national sport.

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Rugby union positions

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).

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Running back

A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football.

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Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit (born Rudi Dil; 1 September 1962) is a Dutch former footballer and subsequent manager who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a forward, midfielder or defender.

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Sami Kapanen

Sami Hannu Antero Kapanen (born 14 June 1973) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey coach and former player.

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Sammy Baugh

Samuel Adrian Baugh (March 17, 1914 – December 17, 2008) was an American football player and coach.

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Sébastien Chabal

Sébastien Chabal (born 8 December 1977) is a French former rugby union player.

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Sergei Fedorov

Sergei Viktorovich Fyodorov (Серге́й Викторович Фёдоров; born December 13, 1969) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and the former head coach of CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) from 2021 to 2024.

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Sergi Roberto

Sergi Roberto Carnicer (born 7 February 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer.

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Shohei Ohtani

is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Simone Laudehr

Simone Melanie Laudehr (born 12 July 1986) is a German former footballer who played as a central midfielder or winger.

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Softball

Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball on a smaller field and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted.

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Starting pitcher

In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team.

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Steve Luatua

Dolph Steven Luatua (born 29 April 1991) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Premiership Rugby club Bristol Bears.

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Stretch four

In basketball, a stretch four (sometimes called a stretch big) is a player at the power forward position that can shoot farther from the basket than a conventional power forward.

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Super Bowl XX

Super Bowl XX was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1985 season.

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Swingman

A swingman is an athlete capable of playing multiple positions in their sport.

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Tackle-eligible play

In football, the tackle-eligible play is a forward-pass play in which coaches will attempt to create mismatches against a defense by inserting an offensive tackle (who is not normally allowed more than five yards down field on a forward-pass play), into an offensive formation as an eligible receiver, usually as a tight end or as a fullback.

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Taysom Hill

Taysom Shawn Hill (born August 23, 1990) is an American football utility player officially designated as a quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).

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The point (ice hockey)

The point is a term in ice hockey to indicate a position inside the opposition's blue line along the edges of the rink.

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Thomas Ramos (rugby union)

Thomas Ramos (born 23 July 1995) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback for Top 14 club Toulouse and the France national team.

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Tight end

The tight end (TE) is an offensive position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football.

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Tommy Hughitt

Tommy Hughitt (born Ernest Fredrick Hughitt; December 27, 1892 – December 27, 1961) was a Canadian-American National Football League (NFL) utility player, coach, referee and politician.

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Triple-threat man

In gridiron football, a triple-threat man is a player who excels at all three of the skills of running, passing, and kicking.

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Troy Brown

Troy Fitzgerald Brown (born July 2, 1971) is an American football coach and former player who is a skill development and kick and punt returners coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).

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Two-way player

In sports that require a player to play on offense and defense (such as basketball and ice hockey), a two-way player refers to a player who excels at both. Utility player and two-way player are Terminology used in multiple sports.

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Walter Payton

Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1953Although most sources at the time of his death gave Payton's birth year as 1954, reliable sources subsequently state he was born in 1953. – November 1, 1999) was an American professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.

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Wang Shanshan

Wang Shanshan (born 27 January 1990) is a Chinese association football player who plays for Chinese Women's Super League club Tianjin Shengde.

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Warren Sapp

Warren Carlos Sapp (born December 19, 1972) is an American former football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Water polo

Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each.

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Wendel Clark

Wendel L. Clark (born October 25, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

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West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is a professional football club based in Stratford, East London, England.

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Wide receiver

A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football.

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Wildcat formation

Wildcat formation describes a formation for the offense in football in which the ball is snapped not to the quarterback but directly to a player of another position lined up at the quarterback position.

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William Anthony Perry (born December 16, 1962) is an American former football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons, primarily with the Chicago Bears.

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Winger (ice hockey)

Winger, in the game of ice hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is along the outer playing areas.

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Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_player

Also known as Utility (baseball), Utility Man, Utility pitcher, Utility player (association football), Utility player extraordinaire.

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