509:"These things impacted the rest of his life," Paul Tofflemire said. "He was always in pain. He couldn't be active and his weight was up to 300 pounds plus. The sad thing was watching him get out of bed. I felt so bad – this guy was so active and agile when he was younger and he was like a crippled old man."
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75:(2011-09-27)
60:July 7, 1965
18:
1700:2011 deaths
1695:1965 births
1644:James Henry
1214:Vera-Tucker
1102:O'Callaghan
480:Weber State
472:Los Angeles
404:Troy Aikman
1689:Categories
1674:R. J. Kors
1614:selections
1537:Thibodeaux
974:Tofflemire
513:References
496:Post Falls
442:. He
341:Division I
298:Early life
183:All-Pac-10
128:NFL draft:
56:1965-07-07
1669:Mike Baum
1624:Andy Heck
1553:Tuipulotu
1473:Lotulelei
1393:W. Howard
1305:R. Rogers
1297:E. Howard
1257:Goldsmith
1158:Su'a-Filo
1086:J. Rogers
934:Zimmerman
315:letterman
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1433:Swancutt
1142:M. Kalil
1110:R. Kalil
1054:Claridge
1006:Steussie
966:McDaniel
926:Matthews
848:Obituary
635:April 6,
470:Born in
365:kickoffs
361:uprights
356:SpotBilt
330:football
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1489:Orchard
1409:Coleman
1369:Russell
1361:Bruschi
1337:Waldrop
1281:Millard
1265:Jenkins
1249:Defense
1238:Fautanu
1230:Vorhees
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998:Kennedy
982:Brostek
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1531:(2019)
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1499:(2015)
1491:(2014)
1481:Sutton
1475:(2011)
1459:(2008)
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1184:(2016)
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410:, and
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228:Games
178:(1988)
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65:, U.S.
39:Center
30:No. 56
1545:Tafua
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1441:Ngata
1417:Suggs
1377:Staat
1353:Eaton
1313:Wells
1134:Smith
1126:Brown
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1046:Scott
1022:Ogden
958:Villa
942:Lynch
486:Death
319:track
311:Idaho
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1529:Anae
1465:Paea
1457:Reed
1425:Ball
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1166:Peat
1118:Mack
1062:Ward
1030:Sapp
820:2019
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762:2011
717:2023
678:2013
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564:2019
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