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The contest that no one wanted gives us two guys who were almost exact contemporaries, often playing side by side.
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| Mickey Shuler | | Marvin Powell | |
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| TE | | OT | |
| 1978–1989 | | 1977–1985 | |
| Two-time Second-team All-Pro (1986, 1988). Two-
time Pro-Bowler (1986, 1988). New York Jets All-
Time Four Decade Team. Second in team history
in consecutive games with a reception (86) and
second in most touchdowns in a game (three).
Third all-time in total receptions. | | Two-time First-Team All-Pro (1979, 1982). Second-
team All-Pro (1980). Five(!)-time Pro Bowler
(1979–1983). He was part of the 1979 line that
blocked for a backfield that led the league in
rushing despite a star-free corps of Clark Gaines,
Kevin Long, Scott Dierking, Bruce Harper, and
Tom Newton, before blocking for Freeman McNeil
the first seven years of his career. | |
| His son, Mickey, Jr., followed his career path,
playing tight end at Penn State, and going on
to the NFL with the Vikings. | | Worked during his career to earn his JD from New
York Law School (1987) and after his career, went
to work for the Beverly Hills law firm of Rosenfeld,
Meyer, & Susman. |
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