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616:Joe Burk
517:Obituary
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1064:1971:
1056:1970:
1050:Toomey
1048:1969:
1040:1968:
1034:Matson
1032:1967:
1024:1966:
1016:1965:
1008:1964:
1002:Pennel
1000:1963:
994:Beatty
992:1962:
984:1961:
976:1960:
968:1959:
960:1958:
954:Morrow
952:1957:
944:1956:
936:1955:
928:1954:
920:1953:
912:1952:
904:1951:
896:1950:
890:Button
888:1949:
880:1948:
872:1947:
866:Tucker
864:1946:
856:1945:
850:Curtis
848:1944:
840:1943:
832:1942:
824:1941:
816:1940:
808:1939:
800:1938:
792:1937:
786:Morris
784:1936:
778:Little
776:1935:
768:1934:
760:1933:
754:Bausch
752:1932:
744:1931:
736:1930:
634:(1984)
398:Awards
330:ensign
319:Canada
149:
135:Rowing
133:Men's
1495:Clark
1487:Moore
1475:Biles
1358:Tebow
1234:Blair
1218:Smith
1210:Evans
1162:Moses
1146:Lewis
1114:Naber
1066:Spitz
1042:Meyer
962:Davis
842:Dodds
794:Budge
738:Jones
246:coach
103:Sport
1350:Long
1334:Hamm
1310:Kwan
1242:Ward
1098:Shaw
1026:Ryun
898:Wilt
818:Rice
810:Burk
802:Lash
479:2024
412:1939
387:and
385:Penn
379:The
244:and
108:Club
75:Died
60:Born
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469:.
438:,
361:.
340:.
248:.
716:e
709:t
702:v
546:e
539:t
532:v
68:)
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