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624:References
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246:for the
1486:No team
1382:No team
1084:No team
867:May 23,
753:The Day
337:College
169:Overall
1488:(2020)
1360:(1919)
1352:(1918)
1320:(1908)
1312:(1907)
1288:(1901)
1280:(1900)
1182:(1968)
1174:(1967)
1086:(1943)
1078:(1942)
1030:(1920)
1022:(1919)
1014:(1918)
966:(1904)
958:(1903)
950:(1902)
934:(1898)
926:(1897)
611:Total:
244:center
184:Awards
73:, U.S.
56:, U.S.
815:(PDF)
808:(PDF)
615:23–56
600:10–30
588:T–6th
546:T–7th
525:T–7th
482:13–26
349:Team
346:Year
320:Death
869:2019
837:link
823:2007
769:2015
681:2014
649:2019
603:4–24
575:1982
554:1981
533:1980
512:1979
485:4–17
455:1973
432:1972
409:1971
386:1970
135:1974
61:Died
41:Born
585:1–6
582:3–7
567:8th
564:0–7
561:1–9
543:1–6
540:2–8
522:2–5
519:4–6
470:5th
467:2–4
464:4–7
447:6th
444:2–4
441:6–5
424:7th
421:0–5
418:3–8
401:5th
398:0–4
395:0–6
312:in
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143:DC
80:HC
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