Max Runager
American football player (1956–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Max Culp Runager (March 24, 1956 – June 30, 2017) was a professional American football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Cleveland Browns. A graduate of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School,[1] Runager played college football at the University of South Carolina. He punted for two Super Bowl teams, the Philadelphia Eagles in 1980 and the San Francisco 49ers in 1984.[2]
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Position: | Punter | ||||||
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Born: | (1956-03-24)March 24, 1956 Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
Died: | June 30, 2017(2017-06-30) (aged 61) Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Orangeburg-Wilkinson (Orangeburg, South Carolina) | ||||||
College: | South Carolina | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1979 / Round: 8 / Pick: 211 | ||||||
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Runager is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[3][4]