Jeff Curchin (December 17, 1947 – June 16, 2011) was an

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 with ...

tackle and

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. He played for the

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from 1970 to 1971 and for the

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in 1972. He died on June 16, 2011, in

Valrico, Florida Valrico is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 35,545 at the 2010 census, up from 6,582 at the 2000 census. History Before the Civil War, the area was known as Long Pond and consi ...

at age 63.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curchin, Jeff 1947 births 2011 deaths American football tackles American football guards Florida State Seminoles football players Players of American football from Ocala, Florida People from Valrico, Florida Ocala High School alumni Chicago Bears players Buffalo Bills players