Alvin Kent Washington (born September 25, 1958) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, ...

in the

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(NFL). Washington was drafted in the fourth round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the New York Jets out of

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Bio from 1981 Jets yearbook
1958 births Living people American football linebackers New York Jets players Ottawa Rough Riders players Ohio State Buckeyes football players Players of American football from Erie, Pennsylvania Players of American football from Cleveland {{linebacker-1950s-stub