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409:. The History Press. pp. 58–61.
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611:Zac Smith (1902–1903)
341:on December 23, 2014.
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1372:Kirk Newell
1276:Big Thigpen
1271:Baby Taylor
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635:Kirk Newell
629:(1906–1908)
596:(1894–1896)
298:Camp Gordon
294:quarterback
281:, while in
200:Early years
119:(1910–1913)
52:quarterback
22:Kirk Newell
1473:Categories
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1231:Frank Hart
1226:Red Harris
1211:Ted Arnold
1154:Hank Brown
1098:Sean White
1048:Cam Newton
1040:Chris Todd
1032:Kodi Burns
993:Gabe Gross
969:Stan White
656:Ted Arnold
627:Tom McLure
304:References
186:basketball
69:1890-11-04
1416:Tom Brown
1347:Backfield
648:Rip Major
182:lettered
170:baseball
48:Halfback
44:Position
296:on the
113:College
1156:(2024)
1122:Bo Nix
1108:(2016)
1071:(2012)
1058:(2011)
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1034:(2008)
995:(1998)
886:(1966)
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194:soccer
192:, and
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100:Weight
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411:ISBN
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