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117:NFL draft:
66:Baumholder
56:1955-04-27
1308:Don Milan
1292:John Hadl
1148:Roy McKay
1060:Pid Purdy
927:Greg Koch
644:Sam Wyche
628:Bob Smith
602:(1903–12)
281:Sam Wyche
35:Position:
1356:Jim Zorn
1260:Don Horn
1140:Irv Comp
1068:Red Dunn
366:His son
352:Bob Vila
267:baseball
107:College:
600:No team
527:NFL.com
368:Charlie
229:in the
84:Weight:
76:Height:
1462:(2024)
1446:(2017)
1438:(2013)
1430:(2013)
1398:(1991)
1382:(1990)
1374:(1987)
1358:(1985)
1334:(1976)
1326:(1976)
1310:(1975)
1302:(1974)
1286:(1973)
1246:(1963)
1230:(1958)
1206:(1951)
1190:(1949)
1182:(1949)
1174:(1948)
1158:(1946)
1150:(1945)
1126:(1940)
1110:(1931)
1102:(1931)
1086:(1929)
1062:(1926)
1054:(1925)
1038:(1921)
1030:(1921)
594:Sharps
589:(1891)
253:Career
247:Furman
111:Furman
30:No. 17
581:Townl
424:(PDF)
417:(PDF)
194:6,205
186:28–51
50:Born:
432:2009
400:2009
205:59.2
154:1984
144:1983
140:1977
121:1977
261:in
245:at
181:INT
1479::
505:.
494:^
482:.
462:.
337:.
318:.
269:.
249:.
177:TD
68:,
58:)
1006:e
999:t
992:v
891:e
884:t
877:v
560:e
553:t
546:v
488:.
468:.
448:.
434:.
402:.
202::
183::
179:–
156:)
152:(
146:)
142:–
138:(
54:(
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