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Ironmen · week 2 · 1986

C. Mancini was not supposed to be here

Ruth Fairbanks, features

Carter Mancini QB
Ironmen

C. Mancini had 128 yards. He was a track man who was talked into it by a coach who never let go. He is 26, and he is the first man in the building most mornings. It is a long way from Miami, Florida, and he did not come the easy way.

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