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981:Claude Hipps
969:Steve Wadiak
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843:Ollie Matson
770:Warren Giese
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1865:Head coach:
1828:Chuck Weber
1750:Pete Perini
1738:Sam Palumbo
1708:Tommy James
1666:Warren Lahr
1642:Otto Graham
1371:Abercrombie
1261:Varrichione
1251:Marchibroda
1246:Modzelewski
1176:Shakespeare
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1027:Pete Ladygo
998:Jack Spinks
838:Les Richter
699:Pete Ladygo
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1868:Paul Brown
1774:Chuck Noll
1768:Abe Gibron
1726:Henry Ford
1678:Mo Bassett
1672:Ray Renfro
1660:Kenny Konz
1506:Mendenhall
1461:T. Edwards
1436:C. Johnson
1421:Richardson
1351:R. Johnson
1341:Cunningham
1226:D. Edwards
1109:Ed Kissell
1092:Dick Doyle
1016:June Davis
1011:Dave Flood
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780:Tommy Mont
749:Ron Waller
734:Dick Nolan
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1798:Lou Groza
1732:Bob White
1714:Bob Smith
1702:Dub Jones
1566:N. Harris
1356:Hawthorne
1321:F. Harris
1296:Leftridge
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1216:Blanchard
1064:Bob Byrne
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833:Bill Wade
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1810:Bob Gain
1780:Don Colo
1654:Don Paul
1576:B. Jones
1531:J. Jones
1526:DeCastro
1481:Polamalu
1446:Stephens
1411:Ricketts
1401:A. Jones
1391:Rienstra
1311:Bradshaw
1286:Ferguson
754:Bob Ward
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1466:Burress
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1496:Holmes
1491:Miller
1456:Faneca
1426:Searcy
1406:Worley
1376:Rivera
1361:Malone
1326:Thomas
1306:Greene
1301:Taylor
1291:Martha
1281:Spikes
1276:Dawson
1211:Duhart
1196:Dudley
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1451:Scott
1416:Green
1381:Lipps
1336:Brown
1331:Swann
1316:Lewis
1271:Davis
1266:Glick
1201:Daley
1191:Eakin
1186:White
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1551:Watt
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1346:Cole
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