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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||
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| Born: | March 24, 1956 Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | June 30, 2017 (aged 61) Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Orangeburg-Wilkinson (Orangeburg, South Carolina) | ||||||||
| College: | South Carolina | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1979 / round: 8 / pick: 211 | ||||||||
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Max Culp Runager (March 24, 1956 – June 30, 2017) was a professional American football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Cleveland Browns. A graduate of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School,[1] Runager played college football at the University of South Carolina. He punted for two Super Bowl teams, the Philadelphia Eagles in 1980 and the San Francisco 49ers in 1984.[2]
Runager is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[3][4]