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Joe Kendall

1909–1965

United States

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Joseph Nathaniel Kendall (October 2, 1909 – November 25, 1965) was an American college football player who was a quarterback for the Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons (now Kentucky State University) in the mid-1930s. Nicknamed "Tarzan" for his athletic prowess, he was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

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