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Position: | Fullback, Halfback, Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Grambling, Louisiana, U.S. | June 25, 1928||||||||||||||
Died: | September 15, 2001 Inglewood, California, U.S. | (aged 73)||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Grambling State U. Lab. (LA) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Grambling State | ||||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
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Paul Lawrence "Tank" Younger (June 25, 1928 – September 15, 2001) was an American professional football player who was a fullback, halfback, and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) from 1949 through 1958. He played college football for Grambling State University, was the first NFL player from a predominantly black college, and was the first African American to become an NFL front-office administrator (scout and executive with the Rams until 1975).