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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||
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Born: | New Brockton, Alabama, U.S. | August 12, 1953||||||
Died: | October 8, 2024 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 71)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 262 lb (119 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Woodward (Cincinnati) | ||||||
College: | Kent State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / round: 7 / pick: 188 | ||||||
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Abdul Salaam (born Larry James Faulk; August 12, 1953 – October 8, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).[1] He was a member of a defensive line known as the "New York Sack Exchange".