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Position: | Offensive guard | ||||||||
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Born: | Texas City, Texas, U.S. | April 24, 1953||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 261 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Flossmoor (IL) Homewood-Flossmoor | ||||||||
College: | Tulsa | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / round: 3 / pick: 85 | ||||||||
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