Leavey usually played in the outside forward positions.
He was capable of playing as both an inside and outside forward.
They can be classified as forwards, considering their origin as the old outside forward who played out on the wing (i.e. side of the pitch).
He played as an outside forward.
He was an outside forward.
As football tactics have largely developed, and wingers have dropped back to become midfielders, the terminology has changed and outside forward has become a historical term.
