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Position: | Linebacker |
Personal information | |
Born: | Cambridge, Nebraska, U.S. | January 8, 1952
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Lincoln (NE) Northeast |
College: | Nebraska |
NFL draft: | 1974 / round: 7 / pick: 178 |
Career history | |
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