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Originally Posted by jjchieffan

Okay, as promised, here is more information on Gary Green. He was the 10th overall pick in 1977. The Chiefs picked in the top ten a lot back then. He made the all-rookie team in ’77 and over the course of the next 9 seasons, was named an All-Pro five times and a Pro Bowler four times. He intercepted 33 career passes, 24 of them with the Chiefs, and started 131 games total in his career. He spent his last two years in the NFL with the Rams.

Green was also a helluva special teams player, specializing in blocked kicks:

Originally Posted by Randy Covitz, in KC Star article linked below

Green also was part of the Chiefs’ longstanding tradition of outstanding special teams play. He blocked nine kicks in his career — including two blocked punts, three blocked field goals, and four blocked extra points — and in 1980 hit the trifecta of blocking a punt, a field goal and extra point in the same season.

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nf...11520779.html]