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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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Born: | Leesville, Louisiana, U.S. | February 15, 1937||||||||
Died: | April 21, 1992 DeRidder, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 55)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | DeRidder | ||||||||
College: | LSU | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1960 / round: 10 / pick: 118 | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1960 / round: Second selections | ||||||||
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Melvin Leroy Branch (February 15, 1937 – April 21, 1992) was an American football defensive end who played for the Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League (AFL).
While playing college football for the LSU Tigers, he was a member of the "Chinese Bandits" defense for the 1958 national champion team, and a starter for the Texans in their victory over the Houston Oilers in the longest professional football game played up to that time, the 1962 AFL Championship Game.