George Edward Seals is a former American football

American football

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 offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League

National Football League

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 for the Washington Redskins

Washington Redskins

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, Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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, and the Kansas City Chiefs

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Biography

He played college football

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 at the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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 and was drafted

NFL Draft

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 in the fourth round of the 1964 NFL Draft

1964 NFL Draft

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 by the New York Giants

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. Seals was also selected in the eighth round of the 1964 AFL Draft

1964 American Football League Draft

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 by the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

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. His son Dan Seals

Dan Seals

Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including...

 lost to Mark Kirk

Mark Kirk

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 in 2006 and 2008 for the 10th District of Illinois' Congressional seat. He is running again in the Democratic primary for the 2010 election.