pivotman

plural pivotmen · alternative pivot man

1. governmentA pivot; the soldier around whom a body of troops wheels.
2. hobbiesA player in a central position.

   An injury had sidelined our 6-10 senior pivotman, Connie Dierking, so we were still adjusting at both ends of the court.

   2008 March 9, Oscar Robertson, “When the Big O First Played the Garden: 56 in ’58”, in New York Times

3. figurativelyA central or key person; someone around whom a particular project etc. rotates.

   George Stephanopoulos was the campaign's floppy-banged pivot man for communications.

   2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties, Twelve Books