Usually means: Led team, directed offensive plays.
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  1. quarterbacked: Merriam-Webster
  2. quarterbacked: Vocabulary.com
  3. quarterbacked: Wordnik
  4. quarterbacked: Wiktionary
  5. quarterbacked: Dictionary.com
  6. quarterbacked: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. quarterbacked: Encyclopedia

(Note: See quarterback as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (quarterback)

noun:  (American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
noun:  (American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
noun:  (rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.
verb:  (American football) To play the position of quarterback.
verb:  (by extension) To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.
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