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11 Facts About Terry LeCount

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Terry Jerome LeCount was born on July 9,1956 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for nine seasons during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Terry LeCount attended William M Raines High School in Jacksonville, and he led the Raines Vikings high school football team to the Florida Class 4A state championship game as their quarterback in 1973.

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Terry LeCount was a multi-sport athlete and flourished in track and field where he was champion of the 220 and 440-yard dashes.

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Terry LeCount accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team from 1974 to 1977.

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Terry LeCount was the second African-American, following Donald Gaffney, who played the quarterback position for the Gators, and led Dickey's "gatorbone" offense, a variation of the wishbone offense.

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Terry LeCount was a Viking from 1979 through 1984, and again in 1987, after coming back from an injury.

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Terry LeCount finished his eight-season NFL career having played in seventy-two games, started nineteen of them, with eighty-nine receptions for 1,354 yards and seven touchdowns.

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Terry LeCount worked at ArchRival Sports at Strawberry Village in Mill Valley from 1988 to 2002.

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Terry LeCount was an assistant manager while coaching Track and Field at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California.

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Terry LeCount married his former college sweetheart Valjean in 2002, and they live in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Terry LeCount formerly worked as a paraprofessional in the Decatur public schools.