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Happy 70th birthday to Hank Bauer<\/a>! Bauer played running back from 1977 to 1982<\/a> for the San Diego Chargers. Statistically, his best year was 1978, when he gained 382 yards from scrimmage. Bauer also excelled on special teams: according to Wikipedia<\/a>, he holds the NFL season record for special teams tackles, with 52.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bauer played college football for California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. In 1975, he helped Cal Lutheran–nicknamed the Kingsmen–reach the NAIA Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s card of the day is Bauer’s rookie card, a 1979 Topps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy 70th birthday to Hank Bauer! Bauer played running back from 1977 to 1982 for the San Diego Chargers. 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