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over the years i had someone be a lone wolf. i do take my faithfulness really seriously. i am passionate. i have been known to maybe get a little too wound up as i watch the games and they make myself miserable after a loss or maybe happy after a win. chris willis is also in his 20th year at nfl films as the head of their research library. chris s profession means he is immersed in the history of the game every day. this is nothing new to chris. he has been preparing for this his entire life. being a big football fan in ohio one of my other passions was reading and writing. i got that from my mom and dad. my mom ran a used bookstore for years. besides being a football junk ki was sitting in the sports section and reading almost any football book i could. one of my favorite years of football was the 20s and 30s. i love the sand lots and paying 23 for $20 a game. when they plaid for $50 and you see the context now, so that s how i gravitated towards reading and writing. i n
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