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Billy Abb Cannon, Jr. (born October 8, 1962) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Texas A&M University and was selected in the first round with the 25th overall pick of the 1984 NFL Draft. ==Early years== Cannon attended Broadmoor High School where he lettered in four sports. In baseball he played shortstop and was an All-State and an All-American selection. In football he played quarterback, running back, safety, special teams and even kicked a few times. In his senior year he received All-State and All-American honors, while helping his team to an undefeated regular season. On Halloween night in 1979, he returned a punt against Istrouma (his father's alma mater) 89 yards for a touchdown and a 20-18 win, exactly 20 years after his father had his famous 89 yards punt return for Louisiana State University to beat the University of Mississippi 7-3.〔http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1093024/index.htm〕 As an 18-year-old senior with ability and a marquee name, he was a probable first-round draft choice in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft as a shortstop/outfielder. His father had previously sent telegrams to all major league teams advising not to invest a draft selection on his son, because he was going to attend college.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19800614&id=hjAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3p4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6668,3515217〕 After the New York Yankees drafted him in the third round, teams filed grievances citing that they were misled by the telegrams, while there were secret meetings with the Yankees to negotiate a contract agreement. Then baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn vetoed the contract, forfeited the Yankees draft pick and called for a special draft to be held for his rights.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19800627&id=k0JHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jf0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2905,4507698〕 The Cleveland Indians selected Cannon in the special draft.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19800816&id=eJYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VucFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4756,3363918〕 After the Yankees selection was voided, he committed to Texas A&M University to the dismay of Louisiana State University fans.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19800730&id=fvxXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2vYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4641,3891348〕 He started his college career as a flanker, before being moved to strong safety as a sophomore. In those first years his impact was mainly on special teams, until he was moved to outside linebacker as a senior, but even then as a key member of the defense, he still returned kicks and punts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billy Cannon, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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