![]() Blair in 2014 | |||||||||||
No. 59 | |||||||||||
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Born: | Hilo, Hawaii, U.S. | September 20, 1950||||||||||
Died: | October 22, 2020 | (aged 70)||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Colonel White (Dayton, Ohio) | ||||||||||
College: | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1969–1970) Iowa State (1971–1973) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1974 / Round: 2 / Pick: 51 | ||||||||||
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Matthew Albert Blair (September 20, 1950 – October 22, 2020) was an American football linebacker who played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) for all 12 seasons of his career from 1974 to 1985. He played college football for the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen and the Iowa State Cyclones.