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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Born: | August 2, 1970 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died: | March 24, 2010 (aged 39) Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school: | Fort Worth (TX) Dunbar | ||||||||||
| College: | Kansas State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1992 / round: 10 / pick: 254 | ||||||||||
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Elijah Alfred Alexander III (August 2, 1970 – March 24, 2010) was a linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts and Oakland Raiders. In 2005 Alexander was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. In 2006, he founded the Tackle Myeloma Foundation, which raised funds to help find a cure and raise awareness about myeloma (since then shut down by his surviving wife).[1][2]