Donald Clevester Calhoun (born April 29, 1952 in Sumner, Oklahoma

Sumner, Oklahoma

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) is a former professional American football

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 running back

Running back

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 who played for nine seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

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 (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills

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, the New England Patriots

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, and the Philadelphia Eagles

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. He later played for the New Jersey Generals

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 of the United States Football League

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.

Prior to playing NFL, Calhoun played football at Wichita High School North; and at Kansas State University

Kansas State University

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 where here graduated. He was drafted

NFL Draft

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 in the tenth round of the 1974 NFL Draft

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by Buffalo. In 2009, he was inducted into both the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame; and in 2010, was chosen and awarded entry into the Wichita North High School Hall of Fame.