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| x Bill Walsh |
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William Ernest "Bill" Walsh (November 30, 1931 – July 30, 2007) was an American head football coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. Walsh went 102–63–1 with the 49ers,...
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| x Bert Bell |
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Quarterback |
De Benneville "Bert" Bell (February 25, 1895 – October 11, 1959) was co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-owner and coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and commissioner of the National Football League from 1946 until his death.
Bell grew up in a...
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| x Johnny Unitas |
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Quarterback |
John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002), nicknamed The Golden Arm and often called Johnny U, was a professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s, spending the majority of his career with the...
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| x Jack Kemp |
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Quarterback |
Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989-93, having previously served nine...
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| x Byron White |
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Running back |
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White (June 8, 1917–April 15, 2002) won fame both as a football running back and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until...
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| x Jim Thorpe |
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Running back |
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk) (May 28, 1888 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete. Considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon...
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| x Terry Bradshaw |
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Quarterback |
Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday. In a six-year...
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| x Eddie George |
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Running back |
Edward Nathan George, Jr. (born September 24, 1973) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers,...
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| x Bronko Nagurski |
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Running back |
Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski (November 3, 1908 – January 7, 1990) was a Canadian American football player of Polish-Ukrainian descent. He was also a successful professional wrestler, recognized as a multiple-time world heavyweight champion.
Nagurski...
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| x William Perry |
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Defensive tackle |
William Perry (born December 16, 1962 in Aiken, South Carolina) is a former professional American football player and brother of former professional football player Michael Dean Perry. He is best known for his years as a defensive lineman for the...
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| x Randy White | Linebacker |
Randall Lee White (born January 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former American football defensive lineman and linebacker. He attended the University of Maryland from 1971 to 1974, and played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys from...
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| x Curly Lambeau |
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Running back |
Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (April 9, 1898 – June 1, 1965) was the founder, a player, and the first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team.
Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun formed the Packers in 1919 while Lambeau was...
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| x Emmitt Smith |
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Running back |
Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is a former American football player. He played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals and is the NFL's all-time rushing leader, a record formerly held by his childhood hero,...
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| x Sid Gillman |
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Tight end |
Sidney "Sid" Gillman (October 26, 1911 - January 3, 2003) was an American football coach and innovator. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running backs or wide...
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| x Jim McMahon |
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Quarterback |
James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. (born August 21, 1959 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a former American football player, playing collegiately at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American (1980, 1981) and later in the professional...
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| x O. J. Simpson |
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Running back |
Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947), nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American football player, football broadcaster, actor, and spokesman. He originally attained fame in sports as a running back at the collegiate and professional...
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| x Barry Sanders |
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Running back |
Barry David Sanders (born July 16, 1968(1968-07-16)) is a former American football running back who spent all of his professional career with the Detroit Lions in the NFL. Sanders is best known for being one of the most prolific running backs in NFL...
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| x Jeff Garcia |
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jeff-garcia-garcije01 | Quarterback |
Jeffrey Jason "Jeff" Garcia (born February 24, 1970, in Gilroy, California) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Calgary Stampeders as an undrafted free agent in 1994. He played college football at...
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| x Doug Flutie |
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Quarterback |
Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and...
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| x Tom Landry |
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Cornerback |
Thomas Wade "Tom" Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He is legendary for his successes as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in NFL...
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| x Bob Lilly | Defensive tackle |
Robert Lewis Lilly (born July 26, 1939 in Olney, Texas) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League and photographer. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
Lilly played college football at...
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| x Warren Moon |
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Quarterback |
Harold Warren Moon (born November 18, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American and Canadian football quarterback who played for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and the National Football League's Houston Oilers, Minnesota...
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| x Bob Sapp |
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Offensive Lineman |
Robert Malcolm Sapp(born September 22, 1974) is an American kickboxer, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and former professional wrestler and professional American football player. Sapp currently has an MMA record of 10-5-1, mostly fighting in Japan...
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| x Fritz Pollard | Running back |
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was the first African American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard along with Bobby Marshall were the first two African American players in the NFL in 1920....
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| x Dan Marino |
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Quarterback |
Daniel Constantine (Dan) Marino, Jr. (born September 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League. The last quarterback of the Quarterback Class of...
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| x Jay Berwanger | Running back |
John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger (March 19, 1914 - June 26, 2002) was an American football halfback born in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 (the following year, though, the award was renamed the Heisman...
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| x Tex Schramm |
Texas Earnest Schramm, Jr. (June 2, 1920 - July 15, 2003) was the original president and general manager of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise. Schramm became the head of the Dallas Cowboys when the former expansion team started...
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| x Fran Tarkenton |
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Quarterback |
Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is a former professional football player, TV personality, and computer software executive.
He is best known for his years with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, as well as a...
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| x Alan Page | Defensive tackle |
Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945 in Canton, Ohio) is a jurist and former professional American football player. He graduated from Canton Central Catholic High School in 1963, received his B.A. in political science from the University of Notre...
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| x Jim Finks | Quarterback |
James Edward Finks (August 31, 1927 – May 8, 1994) was an American sports executive, primarily for American Professional Football.
Jim Finks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended high school in Salem, Illinois, and attended college at the...
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| x Paul Krause | Safety |
Paul James Krause (born February 19, 1942 in Flint, Michigan) is a former professional American football defensive back in the National Football League. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.
Krause attended and played high...
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| x Ron Yary | Offensive tackle |
Anthony Ronald "Ron" Yary (born July 16, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is a former professional American football offensive tackle, playing primarily for the Minnesota Vikings and also for the Los Angeles Rams. He was elected to the Pro...
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| x Korey Stringer |
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Offensive tackle |
Korey Damont Stringer (May 8, 1974–August 1, 2001) was an American football player who died from complications brought on by heat stroke, during training camp in Mankato, Minnesota while in training camp with the Minnesota Vikings of the National...
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| x Larry Csonka |
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Running back |
Larry Richard Csonka (born December 25, 1946) is a former collegiate and professional American football fullback.
One of six children, Csonka was born in Stow, Ohio. He was raised on a farm by his Hungarian family in Stow, learning out of necessity...
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| x Joe Namath |
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Quarterback |
Joseph William "Joe" Namath (born May 31, 1943), also known as Broadway Joe or Joe Willie, is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard...
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| x Sid Luckman |
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Quarterback |
Sidney Luckman, known as Sid Luckman, (November 21, 1916 – July 5, 1998) was an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears from 1939 to 1950. During his 12 seasons with the Bears he led them to four NFL championships. Luckman was the first...
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| x Jim Kelly | Quarterback |
James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and the USFL's Houston Gamblers.
Kelly was drafted in the 1983 NFL Draft, rated just behind John Elway...
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| x Elbert Dubenion | Wide receiver |
Elbert Dubenion (nicknamed "Duby" or "Golden Wheels") (born February 16, 1933 in Griffin, Georgia) was an American football wide receiver. He played college football for Bluffton College in northwest Ohio.
As a rookie for the American Football...
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| x Joe Montana |
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Quarterback |
Joseph Clifford Montana, Jr., (born June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania), nicknamed Joe Cool and Comeback Joe, is a retired American football player whose professional career in the National Football League (NFL) spanned the late 1970s through...
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| x Steve Young |
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Quarterback |
Steve Young (born Jon Steven Young on October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah), is a former quarterback for the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League, the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. He was...
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| x Mike Ditka |
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Tight end |
Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. (born October 18, 1939 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania), also known as "Iron Mike", is a former American football NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years and New Orleans Saints...
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| x Bill Parcells |
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Linebacker |
Bill Parcells (born Duane Charles Parcells August 22, 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey) is the current Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He is also a former American football head...
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| x John Elway |
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Quarterback |
John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) is a retired American football quarterback. He played his college football at Stanford and his entire professional career for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
Elway set career...
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| x Billy Shaw |
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Offensive Lineman |
William Lewis "Billy" Shaw (born December 15, 1938 in Natchez, Mississippi) was an American college and professional football player.
Drafted in 1961 by the American Football League's Buffalo Bills, Billy Shaw of Georgia Tech was the prototypical ...
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| x Cookie Gilchrist | Running back |
Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist (born May 25, 1935) was an American football player in the American Football League.
A star player in high school, just after graduation he was talked into signing a professional football contract with the NFL's...
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| x Ernie Warlick |
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Tight end |
Ernest "Ernie" "Big Hoss" Warlick (born July 21, 1932 in Washington, D.C.) is a former tight end from North Carolina Central University who played American collegiate and Professional Football as well as Canadian Professional Football. After...
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| x Fred Taylor |
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Frederick Antwon Taylor (born January 27, 1976, in Pahokee, Florida) is an American football running back for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars ninth overall in the 1998 NFL Draft...
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| x David Kopay |
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Running back |
David Marquette Kopay (born June 28, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football running back in the National Football League who in 1975 became one of the first professional athletes to come out as gay.
Kopay attended Notre Dame High...
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| x Gino Cappelletti |
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Wide receiver |
Gino Cappelletti (born March 26, 1934) is a former American college and Professional Football player. He played at the University of Minnesota, and was a star in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots. He was the 1964 American Football...
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| x Ron Burton | Running back |
Ronald E. "Ron" Burton (July 25, 1936 – September 13, 2003) became a college All-American running back at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a member of the Northwestern Hall of Fame, and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame....
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| x Tony Dorsett |
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Running back |
Anthony "Tony" Drew Dorsett (born April 7, 1954 in Rochester, Pennsylvania) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos.
Dorsett was a college football running back at the...
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| x Mike Stratton |
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Linebacker |
David Michael Stratton (born April 10, 1941 in Vonore, Tennessee) was an American football linebacker in the AFL and NFL for the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers.
Drafted out of the University of Tennessee in the 13th round of the 1962 AFL Draft...
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| x John Hadl | Quarterback |
John Willard Hadl (born February 15, 1940 in Lawrence, Kansas) is a former professional American football player.
After playing halfback on both offense and defense at the University of Kansas as a sophomore, Hadl played quarterback for his last two...
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| x Keith Lincoln | Running back |
Keith Payson Lincoln (born May 8, 1939 in Reading, Michigan) is a former American football running back who started his career playing college football at Washington State University. He maintained his versatility after being drafted by the American...
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| x Paul Lowe | Running back |
Paul Edward Lowe (born September 27, 1936 in Homer, Louisiana) is a retired American football running back who played for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League from 1960 to 1969.
Lowe attend Oregon...
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| x Daryle Lamonica |
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Quarterback |
Daryle Pat Lamonica (born July 17, 1941 in Fresno, California) is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who played in the American Football League, and later in the NFL.
Lamonica lettered in four sports and was an All...
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| x Tom Flores | Quarterback |
Thomas R. "Tom" Flores (born March 21, 1937 in Fresno, California) is a retired American collegiate and professional football quarterback and former professional coach. Flores and Mike Ditka are the only two people in the NFL history to win Super...
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| x Lionel Taylor | Wide receiver |
Lionel Thomas Taylor (born August 15, 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri) was an American football wide receiver who led the American Football League (AFL) in receptions each year for the first six years of the league's existence.
Taylor attended New...
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| x Gene Mingo | Running back |
Eugene L. Mingo (born September 22, 1938 in Akron, Ohio) is a former professional American football player who played several positions including halfback, placekicker, and return specialist. He is widely recognized as the first African American...
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| x Floyd Little | Running back |
Floyd Douglas Little (born July 4, 1942 in New Haven, Connecticut) was a three-time American football All-American running back at Syracuse University, following in the footsteps of many great running backs at Syracuse such as Jim Brown and Ernie...
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