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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||
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Born: | Fairfield, Kentucky, U.S. | March 26, 1952||||||
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Nelson County (KY) | ||||||
College: | Western Kentucky | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1975 / round: 4 / pick: 83 | ||||||
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Livers is known for a testicle injury during his NFL career with the Chicago Bears, and there are a number of articles (as well as the film, Hot Tub Time Machine, though not by name) on football injuries and the importance of wearing cups that reference his injury, and some that go into excruciating detail. [1]
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