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Rick Telander was born in Peoria, Ill. and attended Kellar Grade School and Richwoods Community High School, where he played football, basketball, and ran track. He went to Northwestern University on a football scholarship and made All-Big Ten as a cornerback and was a two-time All-Big Ten Academic selection.

He also punted for the Wildcats in his junior season. After his senior season he joined the Northwestern swimming team under coach Bob Steele, who had been his old coach in Peoria. He graduated in 1971 with a B.A. in English literature, was taken by the Kansas City Chiefs in the eighth round of the NFL draft, cut during training camp, and soon began his freelance writing career.

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In time he would write pieces for newspapers and magazines as varied as Esquire, National Wildlife, Premiere, TV Guide, Playboy, Men’s Journal, PTA Magazine, American Libraries, Baseball Digest, Outside, and others. His first national article appeared in Sports Illustrated in 1972.

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