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Position: | Center Guard Tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Plains, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 2, 1962||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 287 lb (130 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | James M. Coughlin (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) | ||||||
College: | Holy Cross | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1984 / Round: 9 / Pick: 231 | ||||||
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