Mario Branch (August 13, 1979 – April 8, 2011) was an American football

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. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2003, but did not make the team in two seasons. He was allocated to

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in 2004 to play for the Amsterdam Admirals. He played for the Philadelphia Soul in 2005 and for the Nashville Storm in 2007. He played

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at Mississippi Valley State. He died due to congestive heart failure in April 2011 at the age of 31.

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