Back (disambiguation)

Back may refer to:

People

• Adam Back, British cryptographer
• Charles Back, South African winemaker
• Chris Back (b. 1950), Australian politician
• Ernst Emil Alexander Back (1881-1959), German physicist
• Frédéric Back (b. 1924), Canadian animator
• George Back (1796-1878), British naval officer and explorer
• George Back (actor)
• Les Back (b. 1962), English sociology professor and author
• Natasja Crone Back (b. 1971), Danish journalist
• Neil Back (b. 1969), Englis former rugby union international
• Ralph-Johan Back, Finnish computer scientist
• Sven-Erik Bäck (1919-1984), Swedish composer

Places

• Back Peninsula, Nunavut
• Back, Lewis, a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
• Back (crater), lunar crater
• Back railway station, in Back, Manitoba, Canada

Sports

• In Rugby football, this means a player who is not involved in the scrum
• In Association football and Australian rules football, it is another term for the position of defender
• In hockey and many other games it means a player who is defending the goal

Qualified terms

• Fullback (American football), a common position in many football games
• Half back (disambiguation), a position in many football games
• Quarterback, a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football
• Running back, a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football
• Nickelback (American football), a defensive back in American and Canadian football

Other uses

• In anatomy, the dorsal side of the torso in humans and other primates
  • The Human back
  • Back (horse), the back of a horse
• In chair, the backrest.
• Back (album), a 1983 album by Lynn Anderson
• Back (novel), a 1946 novel by Henry Green
• The Backs, an area of Cambridge at the rear of several colleges by the River Cam
• A light-sensing unit for a camera, such as a digital camera back
• An alternative spelling of bauk, a Scottish agricultural term