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1956 Pro Football Deaths

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Deaths Table
Player	Pos	Age	Date of Death	BirthDate	Yrs	From	To	AP1	St	G	TD	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Int
Bennie Aldridge	DB-HB	29	5/14/1956	10/24/1926	4	1950	1953	0	1	43	0	29	105	0	35	8	78	1	28	11
Jim Bond	G	62	4/0/1956	2/14/1894	1	1926	1926	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Brawley	G	71	5/1/1956	7/17/1884	1	1921	1921	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Cronin	B-E	54	3/16/1956	12/5/1901	3	1927	1929	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Don Currivan	E	36	5/16/1956	3/6/1920	7	1943	1949	0	2	75	0	1	-4	0	0	78	1979	24	80	6
Mario DeMarco	G-LB	32	12/9/1956	7/24/1924	1	1949	1949	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Des Jardien	C-E	62	3/7/1956	8/24/1893	2	1920	1922	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bull Finch	BB-FB	62	3/9/1956	3/31/1893	1	1926	1926	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mack Flenniken	B	51	5/26/1956	1/24/1905	2	1930	1931	0	0	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hayes	E	60	11/14/1956	3/24/1896	2	1921	1922	0	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lyons Kelliher	G	52	1/25/1956	8/11/1903	1	1928	1928	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Leatherman	G-C	58	4/27/1956	8/9/1897	1	1922	1922	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Maddox	T	44	3/14/1956	11/4/1911	1	1935	1935	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Mattox	B-G	57	5/5/1956	2/11/1899	1	1923	1923	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tex Mooney	T	39	5/19/1956	3/9/1917	2	1942	1943	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Murrah	C-G	55	6/1/1956	9/5/1900	2	1922	1923	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Oltz	C-G-T-FB	57	6/2/1956	3/19/1899	5	1920	1925	0	5	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Polanski	FB	37	3/11/1956	9/6/1918	2	1942	1946	0	0	16	0	45	144	1	13	2	15	1	0	2
Milt Rehnquist	G-C-T	58	2/5/1956	6/6/1897	9	1924	1932	1	6	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Reiser	BB-WB	57	9/29/1956	5/26/1899	1	1923	1923	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ev Rowan	E-B	54	11/9/1956	10/18/1902	3	1930	1933	0	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	3	52	0	0
Red Strader	B/Coach	53	5/26/1956	12/21/1902	1	1927	1927	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Sullivan	C-LB	43	6/14/1956	8/16/1912	6	1935	1940	0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tiny Thornhill	T	63	6/29/1956	4/14/1893	1	1920	1920	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Waldron	G-C	54	9/0/1956	10/22/1901	1	1927	1927	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
By Wimberly	T-G	63	5/11/1956	9/3/1892	1	1925	1925	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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