Kurt Frank Becker is a former professional American football

American football

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 player who played guard

Guard (American football)

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 for nine seasons for the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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 and the Los Angeles Rams. An offensive guard at the University of Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

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, Becker started in 36 consecutive games. He was selected to the All Big Ten team twice and, in the 1981 season (his senior year), he was named to the All-America first team

1981 College Football All-America Team

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. That year, he was also Michigan's co-captain, and was a Lombardi Award

Lombardi Award

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 finalist. The Bears selected Becker in the 1982 NFL Draft

1982 NFL Draft

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 with the 146th pick in the sixth round. As of 2010, he is the associate head coach for Marmion Academy

Marmion Academy

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, a college-prep academy in Aurora.