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1304:# (2016)
1280:# (2012)
1045:(2006β )
1029:# (2002)
947:Paul Hug
931:Paul Hug
729:(1987).
374:Overall
248:baseball
236:Romanian
198:Football
146:Baseball
78:Football
1469:No team
1445:No team
1429:No team
1206:No team
1126:No team
939:No team
907:No team
686:57β39β7
674:33β32β5
671:57β39β7
170:Overall
1503:(1965)
1455:(1922)
1439:(1916)
1431:(1915)
1423:(1914)
1415:(1913)
1411:&
1403:(1912)
1288:(2013)
1200:(1942)
1176:(1933)
1168:(1932)
1152:(1929)
1112:(1913)
1108:&
949:(1946)
909:(1933)
737:
682:Total:
555:10β0β1
246:, and
209:Awards
204:(1963)
64:, U.S.
656:5β1β1
653:7β1β1
610:1β5β1
607:2β6β2
590:Tβ3rd
587:3β3β1
584:6β3β1
492:Tβ6th
489:1β4β1
486:2β6β1
446:Tβ5th
423:Tβ4th
420:1β3β1
417:5β3β1
371:Team
368:Year
342:Death
180:Bowls
817:2018
776:2018
735:ISBN
644:1967
621:1966
598:1965
575:1964
546:1963
523:1962
500:1961
477:1960
454:1959
431:1958
408:1957
83:1927
52:Died
32:Born
847:at
659:2nd
636:6th
633:3β4
630:5β5
613:7th
561:1st
558:7β0
538:5th
535:3β3
532:5β3
515:3rd
512:4β2
509:6β3
469:4th
466:3β3
463:5β4
443:2β4
440:4β5
334:in
290:in
282:in
215:OVC
202:OVC
183:1β0
1576::
1387:,
1383:,
807:.
803:.
766:.
760:.
749:^
350:.
318:.
242:,
200:1
71:HC
1359:e
1352:t
1345:v
1084:e
1077:t
1070:v
877:e
870:t
863:v
830:.
789:.
743:.
565:W
398:)
394:(
234:(
40:)
36:(
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