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Classic Sports Card of The Day

23 Jan

1956 Topps football card of former Los Angeles Rams’ fullback Paul “Tank” Younger. Younger played in the NFL from 1949 until 1958, in an era when players went both ways, so he also was a standout linebacker for the Rams. He was 4-time Pro Bowler, and a member of the Rams’ “Bull Elephant” backfield along with Deacon Dan Towler and Dick Hoerner, and played on the Rams’ NFL championship team of 1951.  After retiring, Younger became the first African American front office administrator, serving as a scout and executive with the Rams until 1975. He then held the position of assistant general manager for the San Diego Chargers, from ’75 until 1987. He passed away at age 73 in 2001.

 

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