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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | October 30, 1950||||||||||||
Died: | November 4, 2019 Mayville, North Dakota, U.S. | (aged 69)||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | South St. Paul (South St. Paul, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||
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NFL draft: | 1972 / round: 3 / pick: 54 | ||||||||||||
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Career: | 6–21 (.222) | ||||||||||||
James Michael LeClair (October 30, 1950 – November 4, 2019) was an American football player and coach. He played as a linebacker for 12 seasons, from 1972 to 1983, in the National Football League (NFL) with the Cincinnati Bengals and two seasons, from 1984 to 1985, in the United States Football League (USFL) with the New Jersey Generals. LeClair played college football for the Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles and the North Dakota Fighting Sioux. He served as the head football coach at Mayville State University, from 1986 to 1988. LeClair was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1999.