John Tuggle saw 1,453x more Wikipedia readers than usual

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John Davis Tuggle was an American professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for one season with the New York Giants. He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was selected by the Giants as the final pick of the 1983 NFL draft. Tuggle's professional career was cut short after his rookie season by a cancer diagnosis and he died two years later.

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