Harold R. "Champ" Henson III (born June 1, 1953 ) is a former college and professional American football

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. Henson attended The Ohio State University where he led the nation in scoring as a sophomore in 1972. In the second game of the 1973 season, however, Henson tore the

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his knee and was out for the season. Linebacker

Bruce Elia Bruce Louis Elia (born January 10, 1953) is a former college and professional American football player. In college, Elia played on both the offensive and defensive teams for The Ohio State Buckeyes. Professionally, he was a linebacker, primar ...

was converted to starting fullback. In his senior season Henson was hampered by the lingering effects of his knee injury and challenged by sophomore Pete Johnson. Henson was selected in the fourth round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, who then traded him to the

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. Statistics Henson's statistics are as follows:

Political career

In March 2012, Harold was selected as the Republican nominee for

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Commissioner by a 67-33 margin. He was unopposed in the November election, where he received over 16,000 votes. He was sworn in and will serve until January 2015. In 2016, Henson was once again nominated as the Republican nominee for Commissioner and defeated his two general election opponents by receiving more than 60 percent of the vote.http://electionsonthe.net/oh/pickaway/elecres.htm Election Results

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1953 births Living people American football running backs Cincinnati Bengals players Ohio State Buckeyes football players County commissioners in Ohio Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio People from Ashville, Ohio {{runningback-1950s-stub

Political career

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