John B. Wooten is a former American football

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 guard

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 who played nine professional seasons in the National Football League

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 for the Cleveland Browns

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 and Washington Redskins

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. Wooten played college football

College football

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 at the University of Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder

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 and was drafted

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 in the fifth round of the 1959 NFL Draft

1959 NFL Draft

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He currently serves as "Football GM and Scouting" instructor for the online sports career training school, Sports Management Worldwide

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, in Portland, OR.On November 16, 2010 he was inducted into the Cleveland Browns

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Legends program.