Johnny Bailey, a College Football Hall of Fame member and former NFL Pro Bowl return man, who has died in Houston from pancreatic cancer. Texas A&M-Kingsville, which announced his death Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, said Bailey was the most honored collegiate football player in history when he attended the school from 1986 through 1989, then known as Texas A&I University. Bailey played six seasons in the NFL after he was drafted to the Chicago Bears in the ninth round in 1990. He holds the team's record for the longest punt return ever when as a rookie he took a punt 95 yards for a touchdown. He was 43. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, File)
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