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1691:Rudy Johnson
1646:Taz Anderson
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1404:Carroll Dale
1388:Marv Fleming
1348:Henry Jordan
1340:Steve Wright
1324:Bud Marshall
1308:Ray Nitschke
1300:Jerry Kramer
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1212:Don Chandler
1171:Elijah Pitts
1131:Paul Hornung
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1871:1942 births
1850:Norb Hecker
1847:Head coach:
1841:Bill Wolski
1831:Bob Whitlow
1816:Don Talbert
1806:Steve Sloan
1786:Jimmy Sidle
1781:Bob Sherlag
1736:Nick Rassas
1706:Dick Koeper
1701:Lou Kirouac
1696:Jerry Jones
1676:Glenn Glass
1666:Angelo Coia
1661:Lee Calland
1651:Gary Barnes
1641:Bill Martin
1629:Tommy Nobis
1494:Norb Hecker
1487:Dave Hanner
1473:Red Cochran
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1420:Boyd Dowler
1179:Willie Wood
1070:Gus Brezina
1060:Jim Grisham
1040:Bobby Felts
985:Ralph Neely
906:Steve Clark
893:John Putham
889:Roy Schmidt
852:Bill Symons
833:Wally Mahle
829:Allen Brown
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300:Receptions:
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1865:Categories
1771:Karl Rubke
1746:Ron Rector
1741:Ken Reaves
1686:Bill Jobko
1656:Vern Burke
1623:Ralph Heck
1575:Bob Riggle
1332:Lloyd Voss
1276:Ken Bowman
1260:Bill Curry
1203:Jim Taylor
1155:Bart Starr
1064:Russ Mundy
1045:Norm Evans
1020:Roy Hilton
965:selections
884:Gene Jeter
867:Mike Shinn
837:Jim Harvey
536:References
370:Early life
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1751:Guy Reese
1635:Dan Grimm
1611:Ron Smith
1480:Tom Fears
1412:Max McGee
1316:Dan Grimm
1244:Doug Hart
1228:Tom Brown
1187:Tom Moore
1163:Bob Jeter
1067:Frank Fox
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912:Len Sears
909:Jim White
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