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PHILADELPHIA — God, imagine it: 3 a.m. inside the living room of a Southwest Philadelphia home in the early 1960s, three men seated there, each of them a famous athlete, each of them a running back in the National Football League. The house belonged to Clarence Peaks, the Eagles’ starting…

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh has had an amazing lineage of professional quarterbacks. The legendary Johnny Unitas was once Steelers property. Hall of Famer Len Dawson played here. Terry Bradshaw and Ben Roethlisberger became the franchise's winningest quarterbacks. Bobby Layne, Bubby Brister and Kordell Stewart were among football's colorful characters. There were…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Midway through the funeral of Otis Taylor on Wednesday, a highlight video of his superb career with the Chiefs evoked oohs and cheers and surely some tears among the several hundred in attendance at the Friendship Baptist Church.

Taylor and quarterback Len Dawson formed one of the NFL’s dynamic duos. He had two 1,000-yard seasons during an era in which the passing game was still evolving, and he finished his career with 7,306 yards and 57 touchdown catches.