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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | February 10, 1958||||||
Died: | July 2, 2020 Houston, Texas, U.S. | (aged 62)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
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High school: | Savannah (GA) | ||||||
College: | UCLA | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1981 / Round: 9 / Pick: 243 | ||||||
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Avon Riley (February 10, 1958 – July 2, 2020) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the ninth round of the 1981 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA. Riley also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. [1]
He died on July 2, 2020, in Houston, Texas, at age 62. [2]