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| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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Dwight Eisenhower |
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (pronounced /ˈaɪzənhaʊər/; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. During the Second World War, he served...
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| John Wayne |
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Marion Mitchell Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison and better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring...
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| Jackie Robinson |
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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was the first African American Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As...
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| Mr. T |
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Laurence Tureaud |
Mr. T (born Laurence Tureaud on May 21, 1952) is an American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his appearances as a professional wrestler....
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| Robert Urich |
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Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an American actor. He played the starring role in the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988) and Vega$ (1978–1981). He also appeared in other television series over the years including:...
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| Reggie Jackson |
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"Mr. October" |
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson (born May 18, 1946), nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder who played for five different teams from 1967 to 1987 and currently...
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| Joe Biden |
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Joseph Biden |
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (pronounced /ˈdʒoʊzɨf rɒbɨˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942), is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States under the administration of President Barack Obama. He was a United States Senator from...
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| The Rock |
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Rocky Maivia |
Dwayne Johnson (born May 2, 1972), better known by his former ring name The Rock, and occasionally credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Johnson was a collegiate football player, and in 1991,...
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| Suge Knight |
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Marion Hugh Knight, Jr. (born April 19, 1965), better known as Suge Knight, is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. The record label rose to dominate the charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several...
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| Medgar Evers |
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Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith.
Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi. His parents were Jessie, a devout...
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| Marc Boerigter |
Marc Robert Boerigter (pronounced /ˈbɔərɪktər/; born May 4, 1978 in Hastings, Nebraska) is a former professional Canadian and American football player.
Born on May 4, 1978, in Hastings, Nebraska, Boerigter played college football for hometown...
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| Offensive tackle |
In American and Canadian football, offensive tackles (OT, T) are a part of the offensive line. Like other offensive linemen, their job is to block: to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football.
A tackle is the...
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| Hamilton Fish III |
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Hamilton Fish III (born Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish and also known as Hamilton Fish, Jr.; 7 December 1888 – 18 January 1991) was a soldier and politician from New York State. Born into a family long active in the the state, he served in the United...
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| Jim Morris |
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James "Jimmy" Samuel Morris (born January 19, 1964 in Brownwood, Texas) is a former American professional baseball player known for his brief Major League Baseball career.
He spent most of his childhood moving to different cities. According to his...
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| Josh Taylor |
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Josh Taylor (born September 25, 1943 in Princeton, Illinois) is an American actor, best known for his roles of Chris Kostichek and Roman Brady on the American soap opera Days of our Lives and Michael Hogan, the father figure on the situation comedy...
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| Tommy Lee Jones |
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Thomas Lee Jones |
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and director.
His film roles include federal marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals, the villain "Two-Face" in Batman Forever, the completely insane terrorist William...
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| Woody Hayes |
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Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years as head coach at the Ohio State University between 1951 and 1978. Hayes also coached...
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| Shawn Michaels |
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Sean Michaels |
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. He performs for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), formerly the World Wrestling Federation, on its Raw brand as...
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| Mike McCarthy |
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Michael John McCarthy (born November 10, 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.
McCarthy was a tight end at Baker University, an NAIA school located in Baldwin City, Kansas.
After...
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JBL |
John Charles Layfield (born November 29, 1966) is a retired American professional wrestler and a current commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League. Layfield is best known by his ring names, Bradshaw, John "Bradshaw"...
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| Brock Lesnar |
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Brock Edward Lesnar (born July 12, 1977 in Webster, South Dakota) is an American mixed martial artist as well as a former professional and amateur wrestler. He is currently the UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is currently ranked the #2 Heavyweight in...
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| Albert J. Ruffo |
Albert J. Ruffo (July 1, 1908 – February 10, 2003) was a politician, philanthropist, educator, lawyer, and football coach.
Ruffo grew up in Tacoma, Washington. In 1927 he moved to San Jose, California to attend nearby Santa Clara University, where...
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| Irv Kupcinet |
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Irv Kupcinet (July 31, 1912 – November 10, 2003) was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a broadcast personality based in Chicago, Illinois. He was popularly known by the nickname "Kup".
His daily Kup's Column was launched...
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| Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. |
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Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Jr. (July 25, 1915 – August 12, 1944) was an American bomber pilot during World War II. He was the eldest of nine children born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Elizabeth (née Fitzgerald) Kennedy.
The elder...
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| John Boozman |
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John Boozman (born December 10, 1950) is an American politician who has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing Arkansas's 3rd congressional district (map). The district is located in the...
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| Ozzie Nelson |
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Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was an American entertainer and band leader who originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet radio and television series with his wife and two sons.
The second son of...
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| Robert Ehrlich |
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Robert Leroy "Bob" Ehrlich, Jr. (born November 25, 1957) is an American politician who served as the 60 Governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican, he became governor after defeating Democratic opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member...
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| Paul Gleason |
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Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor.
Gleason was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Eleanor (née Doyle), a registered nurse, and George L. Gleason, a restaurateur, professional boxer,...
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| George M. Holmes |
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George Milton Holmes is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 92nd House district, including constituents in eastern Surry, northern Iredell and Yadkin counties. A retiree from Hamptonville, North...
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| Matthew Fox |
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Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor and former model. His first major role was playing an older brother and patriarch Charlie Salinger on Party of Five in the 1990s, co-starring with both Scott Wolf and Neve Campbell. More...
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| Ronnie Coleman |
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Ronald Dean "Ronnie" Coleman (born May 13, 1964 in Bastrop, Louisiana) is an American professional bodybuilder who holds the record of eight straight wins as Mr. Olympia, a title he shares with Lee Haney.
Alongside his eight Mr. Olympia wins as a...
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| John Amos |
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John Amos (born December 27, 1939) is an American actor and former football player. His television work includes roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Good Times, the miniseries Roots, and a recurring role in The West Wing. He has also appeared on...
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| Marcus Dixon |
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Marcus Dwayne Dixon (born September 16, 1984 in Rome, Georgia) is an American football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football...
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| Ed Schultz |
Edward Andrew Schultz (born January 27, 1954) is an American television and radio host and political pundit. He is the host of The Ed Show, a daily news program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show promising ...
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| Kirk Gibson |
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Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball player, best known for his clutch home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
He was named the National League MVP in 1988. He is the only MVP winner to never appear on an All...
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| Charles Wright |
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Charles Wright (born May 16, 1961 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American businessman and professional wrestler. He is probably best known for his time spent with the World Wrestling Federation throughout the 1990s and early 2000s under the ring names...
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| Christopher Judge |
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Douglas Christopher Judge |
Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor of African American and Cherokee Native descent. He attended the University of Oregon on a football scholarship, and was a Pacific Ten Conference player. Judge is best known for...
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| Henry Carr |
Henry Carr(no given middle name) (born November 27, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Prior to bringing his athletic talents to Arizona State...
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| Maurice Britt |
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Maurice Lee Britt |
Maurice Lee "Footsie" Britt, Jr. (June 29, 1919–November 26, 1995), was an American professional football player, World War II hero, businessman, and Republican politician from Arkansas. He played for the Detroit Lions, was awarded the Medal of...
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| William Petersen |
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William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominated American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
He has also portrayed President...
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| Jackie Jensen |
Jack Eugene Jensen (March 9, 1927 – July 14, 1982) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three American League teams from 1950 to 1961, most notably the Boston Red Sox. He was named the AL's Most Valuable Player in...
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| Micah Harris |
Micah Harris (September 28, 1982 - June 11, 2004) was a senior defensive lineman on the Duke University football team.
Officials say Harris died instantly he hit a tree while driving north on Interstate 85 in Brunswick County, Virginia. He was born...
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| Verne Gagne |
Verne Clarence Gagne, born February 26, 1926 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, is a former American professional wrestler, football player, and professional wrestling trainer and promoter. He was the former owner/promoter of the American Wrestling...
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| John Capel |
John Capel Jr. (born November 27, 1978 in Brooksville, Florida) is an American sprinter. He is also a retired American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college...
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| Frank McRae |
Frank McRae (born June 3, 1942) is an American actor and former professional football player.
McRae was born in Memphis, Tennessee. McRae graduated from Tennessee State University with a double major in drama and history. He was a defensive tackle...
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| Sessue Hayakawa |
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Sessue Hayakawa (早川 雪洲, Hayakawa Sesshū, June 10, 1889 – November 23, 1973) was an Academy Award-nominated Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. Hayakawa was the...
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| Cy Williams |
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Frederick Cyrus "Cy" Williams (December 21, 1887 - April 23, 1974) was a Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs (1912-17) and Philadelphia Phillies (1918-30).
Born in Wadena, Indiana, Williams attended Notre Dame where he studied...
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| Adam Nelson |
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Adam Nelson (born July 7, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games. In 1996, Nelson worked at a concession stand during the...
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| Bum Phillips |
Oail Andrew “Bum” Phillips (born on September 29, 1923 in Nederland, Texas) is a former American football coach. He coached at the high school, college and pro level.
He played football at Lamar Junior College (now Lamar University) in Beaumont,...
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| Carl Sanders |
Carl Edward Sanders, Sr. (born May 15, 1925) is an American politician who served as the Governor of the state of Georgia from 1963 to 1967.
Sanders was born in Augusta, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia on a football scholarship....
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| Ara Parseghian |
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Ara Raoul Parseghian (born May 21, 1923 in Akron, Ohio) is a former American collegiate football coach of Armenian descent. He served as head coach for three teams, most notably the University of Notre Dame team from 1964-1974. During his 11 seasons...
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| Doug Harvey |
Harold Douglas Harvey (born March 13, 1930, in South Gate, California) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball, who worked in the National League from 1962 through 1992. Noted for his authoritative command of baseball rules, he earned the tongue...
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| Jon Heidenreich |
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Heidenreich |
Jon Heidenreich (born June 28, 1971) is an American professional wrestler of Austrian descent, better known simply as Heidenreich. He is currently working for TNA promotions, including Nu-Wrestling Evolution and One Pro Wrestling. He is best known...
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| Johnny Mack Brown |
Johnny Mack Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an All-American college football player and film actor.
Born and raised in Dothan, Alabama, Brown was a star of the high school football team, earning a football scholarship to the...
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| Joseph M. Reeves |
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Joseph Mason "Bull" Reeves (November 20, 1872 - March 25, 1948) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who was an early and important supporter of U.S. Naval Aviation. Though a battleship officer during his early career, he became known as the ...
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| Gerald Tinker |
Gerald Alexander Tinker (born January 19, 1951) is a former American athlete and American football player, winner of gold medal in th 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Gerald Tinker attended Coral Gables High School in Miami, Florida...
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| Mark DeRosa |
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Mark Thomas DeRosa (born February 26, 1975) is a Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a free agent. DeRosa is a utility player who has been primarily a second baseman, but can play other positions; he played six positions for the Chicago...
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| Lionel Conacher |
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Lionel Pretoria Conacher, MP (May 24, 1900 – May 26, 1954), nicknamed "The Big Train", was Canada's top all-around athlete in the 1920s, excelling in Canadian football, ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball, boxing and wrestling. He later became a...
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| Paul Zimmerman |
Paul Lionel Zimmerman (born October 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), also known to readers as "Dr. Z", is an American football sportswriter who currently writes for the weekly magazine Sports Illustrated, as well as the magazine's website,...
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| NFL annual rushing leaders | NFL Annual Rushing Leaders |
This article lists the annual rushing leaders in the National Football League.
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