Eric Johnson Still
(born June 28, 1967) is a former
American football
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offensive guard
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who played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at the
University of Tennessee
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and attended
Germantown High School in
Germantown, Tennessee
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Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east-southeast. Germantown was founded in 1841 by mostly German emigrants. The ...
.
[Meet the Volunteers]
" ''1989 Tennessee Volunteers Football Guide'', p. 79. Accessed: August 23, 2014. He was drafted by the
Houston Oilers
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in the fourth round of the
1990 NFL Draft
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. He was a consensus
All-American in
1989
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He played two season with the Frankfurt Galaxy of the
World League of American Football
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References
External links
Just Sports Stats
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Living people
1967 births
Players of American football from Louisiana
American football offensive guards
Tennessee Volunteers football players
Frankfurt Galaxy players
All-American college football players
Sportspeople from Fayetteville, North Carolina
People from Germantown, Tennessee