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907:Tommy James
865:Warren Lahr
841:Otto Graham
780:Fred Miller
762:Frank Leahy
679:John Helwig
669:Jerry Groom
649:Gus Cifelli
329:. Moved to
323:Frank Leahy
1118:Categories
1103:Ed Ulinski
1067:Paul Brown
973:Chuck Noll
967:Abe Gibron
925:Henry Ford
877:Mo Bassett
871:Ray Renfro
859:Kenny Konz
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719:Emil Sitko
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684:Jim Martin
409:References
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319:Notre Dame
148:NFL draft:
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997:Lou Groza
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913:Bob Smith
901:Dub Jones
674:Leon Hart
381:Don Shula
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979:Don Colo
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