Steve Furness
Photo: Gus Macentyre, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, Rhode Island, to 1971

Steve Furness

Born
Dec 5, 1950, in Providence, Rhode Island
Died
Feb 9, 2000, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Steve Furness played defensive end at Rhode Island (to 1971). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Furness in round 5, No. 113 overall in the 1972 NFL Draft.

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

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