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Article: NFL: ; Mr. McDaniel heads to Hall of Fame
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 5, 2009
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MINNEAPOLIS - Randall McDaniel still looks as if he could lower
his 6-foot-4, 275-pound frame into that strange, off-balance stance
and line up at left guard, poised to plow into the guy on the other
side.
He has other work to do, though.
Fitting with his preference to be in the background during a 14-
year NFL career along the relative anonymity of the offensive line,
he's now a full-time basic skills instructor at an elementary school
in a Minneapolis suburb spending his time with second-graders born
far too late to have seen his success with the Minnesota Vikings.
In the classroom, he's known simply as Mr. McDaniel.
"It's the hardest job you'll ever love," said McDaniel, one of
this ...