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| Position: | Center / Guard | ||||||||
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| Born: | January 24, 1955 Boise, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 259 lb (117 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Boise (ID) Capital | ||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1978 / round: 3 / pick: 79 | ||||||||
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Ernest Loyal Hughes Jr. is a former American football center who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants. He was drafted by the 49ers in the third round of the 1978 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended Capital High School in Boise, Idaho.[1]