Sharron Dennis Washington (born January 29, 1943) was a

Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...

player who played for the

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. He won the

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with them in 1967. He previously played college football at

Northeast Missouri State University Truman State University (TSU or Truman) is a public university in Kirksville, Missouri Kirksville is the county seat and most populous city in Adair County, Missouri. Located in Benton Township, Adair County, Missouri, Benton Township, its ...

from 1963 to 1966. Washington was picked in the 1967 NFL draft by the

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(#201 overall).

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