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270:(NFL). He began his career by coaching high school football in Illinois, and then held positions with six different college football teams. Heimerdinger died at the age of 58 in 2011, after suffering from cancer.
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1844:Bobby Turner
1816:Ricky Porter
1787:
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1702:Maa Tanuvasa
1662:Trevor Pryce
1630:Ed McCaffrey
1614:Willie Green
1550:Harry Swayne
1534:Ernest Jones
1478:Glenn Cadrez
1430:Detron Smith
1422:Ray Crockett
1414:Anthony Lynn
1310:Brian Griese
1299:
1212:
1198:Bobby Turner
1170:Ricky Porter
1141:
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1064:David Richie
1056:Maa Tanuvasa
1024:Trevor Pryce
984:Ed McCaffrey
968:Willie Green
944:David Gamble
888:Harry Swayne
880:Ernest Jones
816:Glenn Cadrez
760:Detron Smith
752:Ray Crockett
744:Anthony Lynn
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366:Hall of Fame
358:Eddie George
354:Steve McNair
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60:(2011-09-30)
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1889:2011 deaths
1884:1952 births
1795:Gary Kubiak
1774:George Dyer
1767:Ed Donatell
1725:Head coach:
1710:Seth Joyner
1694:Mike Lodish
1590:Marcus Nash
1574:Chris Banks
1566:Matt Lepsis
1542:Cyron Brown
1526:Trey Teague
1486:K. C. Jones
1470:Keith Burns
1446:John Mobley
1149:Gary Kubiak
1128:George Dyer
1121:Ed Donatell
1079:Head coach:
1048:Mike Lodish
912:Matt Lepsis
896:Brian Habib
872:Jamie Brown
824:K. C. Jones
792:Keith Burns
776:John Mobley
720:Tony Veland
418:Vince Young
374:Jeff Fisher
296:Gary Kubiak
294:succeeding
89:As a coach:
1878:Categories
1862:Pat Bowlen
1830:Rick Smith
1781:Alex Gibbs
1746:Frank Bush
1646:Neil Smith
1558:Tony Jones
1462:Nate Wayne
1358:Eric Brown
1326:Tory James
1295:John Elway
1279:Jason Elam
1216:Pat Bowlen
1184:Rick Smith
1135:Alex Gibbs
1100:Frank Bush
1008:Neil Smith
904:Tony Jones
808:Steve Russ
673:Tim McKyer
625:Tory James
609:Jeff Lewis
601:John Elway
585:Jason Elam
473:References
403:Jay Cutler
305:He played
288:head coach
215:champion (
213:Super Bowl
41:1952-10-13
1582:Rod Smith
1510:Tom Nalen
1374:Tito Paul
1318:Tom Rouen
928:Rod Smith
856:Tom Nalen
768:Jon Hesse
617:Tom Rouen
441:AFC South
414:Norm Chow
118:Air Force
1743:Coaches:
1494:Dan Neil
1097:Coaches:
832:Dan Neil
368:lineman
290:for the
282:for the
74:College:
443:title.
132:Florida
111:Florida
1859:Owner:
1213:Owner:
384:, and
364:, and
274:Career
229:(2011)
221:XXXIII
64:Mexico
50:, U.S.
217:XXXII
55:Died:
35:Born:
386:2003
382:2002
378:2000
153:Duke
146:Rice
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