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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Statesville, North Carolina, U.S. | October 17, 1949||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) | ||||||
College: | Catawba | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1973 / round: 5 / pick: 114 | ||||||
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