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Timberjacks · week 12 · 1977

The old man can still play

Hal Vandergrift, veteran beat

Dash Bierstadt TE
Timberjacks

D. Bierstadt is 36. He has played 171 professional games. He is averaging 9.7 a week and shows no sign of stopping, which is not how this usually goes. He reads Durable, which is most of the explanation.

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