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Dick Kazmaier, college star who spurned the NFL, dies at 82

Dick Kazmaier, college star who spurned the NFL, dies at 82

Dick Kazmaier, the 1951 Heisman Trophy winner whose decision to pass on the NFL was a vestige of a different time in American sports, has died at the age of 82, the New York Times reports. Kazmaier was a brilliant all-around player at Princeton who could run, pass, punt and play defense, but when the…