Robert Lewis Perryman, Jr. (born October 16, 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh, North Carolina

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) is a former professional American football

American football

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 running back

Running back

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 who played six seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

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, four for the New England Patriots

New England Patriots

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 and two for the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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, from 1987 to 1992. He played college football

College football

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 at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 and was drafted

NFL Draft

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 in the third round of the 1987 NFL Draft

1987 NFL Draft

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. Perryman played high school football

High school football

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 at Bourne High School

Bourne High School

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 in Bourne, Massachusetts

Bourne, Massachusetts

Bourne is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,721 at the 2000 census.For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Bourne, please see the articles on Bourne , Buzzards Bay, Monument Beach, Pocasset, Sagamore, and Sagamore...

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In an incident that occurred in September 1990, Perryman, along with Patriots teammates Zeke Mowatt

Zeke Mowatt

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 and Michael Timpson

Michael Timpson

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, were fined by the NFL for sexual harassment

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 stemming from a locker room interview involving Boston Herald

Boston Herald

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reporter Lisa Olson

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Perryman now lives in North Andover, MA with his wife and 2 kids, Krista, Robert Perryman.
He also played 1/2 of a year for the Dallas Cowboys after being waived by the Patriots during the 1990 mid season. He was picked up by the Denver Broncos where he played from 1991 until he retired.

He is now the Assistant Coach of the Boston Militia

Boston Militia

The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

 in the Independent Women's Football League

Independent Women's Football League

The Independent Women's Football League was founded in 2000, and began play in 2001.IWFL founders began with the goal to establish a quality women's football league that would be respected as the top level of women's tackle football in the world....

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