<P> Nolan Cromwell--(born January 30, 1955) is an American football player and coach who currently serves as a senior offensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns . He was an All - Pro safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and played for the University of Kansas in college, where he earned All - American honors . Cromwell played for the Rams from 1977 through 1987 and was named to the Pro Bowl in four consecutive years, 1980 through 1983 . He played on the Rams' 1979--1980 Super Bowl XIV team . He was the Rams' wide receivers coach from 2010 to 2011 . He was named the Wichita Eagle's high school football player of the decade for the 1970s . </P> <P> Chad Greenway--(born January 12, 1983) was an American football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa, and was drafted by the Vikings in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft . He was a two - time Pro Bowl selection (2011, 2012) and Second - team All - Pro (2012). He was awarded the Ed Block Courage Award (2007) and was the NFC Combined Tackles Leader (2010) and also ranked #70 in the Top 100 NFL Players of 2013 . </P> <P> Jack Pardee (Six - man)--(April 19, 1936--April 1, 2013) was an American football linebacker and the only head coach to helm a team in college football, the National Football League, the United States Football League, the World Football League, and the Canadian Football League . Pardee was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986 . As a teenager, Pardee moved to Christoval, Texas, where he excelled as a member of the six - man football team . He was an All - American linebacker at Texas A&M University and a two - time All - Pro with the Los Angeles Rams (1963) and the Washington Redskins (1971). He was one of the few six - man players to ever make it to the NFL, and his knowledge of that wide - open game would serve him well as a coach . </P> <P> Dean Steinkuhler--(born January 27, 1961) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s . Steinkuhler played college football for the University of Nebraska, and was recognized as an All - American . While playing collegiately, he won the Outland Trophy (1983), Lombardi Award (1983), and the UPI Lineman of the Year (1983). He was selected in the first round of the 1984 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Houston Oilers of the NFL . Steinkuhler is also remembered for being the player who picked up quarterback Turner Gill's intentional fumble in the 1984 Orange Bowl and ran it 19 yards for a touchdown in a play dubbed the "Fumblerooski". </P>

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