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Position: | Guard/Tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, U.S. | December 31, 1959||||||
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College: | Wake Forest | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1982 / Round: 10 / Pick: 270 | ||||||
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