{"id":3913,"date":"2009-02-10T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/02\/mel-kaufman-dead-at-age-50.html"},"modified":"2009-02-10T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T17:48:00","slug":"mel-kaufman-dead-at-age-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/02\/mel-kaufman-dead-at-age-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Kaufman dead at age 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redskins.com\/gen\/articles\/Kaufman__Linebacker_On_Super_Bowl_Teams__Passes_Away_31917.jsp\"><b>Kaufman, Linebacker On Super Bowl Teams, Passes Away <\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Redskins.com<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mel Kaufman<\/span> (who wore #55) has died. I was wondering why searches for him were showing up on site stats. It seems liked he, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Rich Milot<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Neil Olkewicz<\/span> were the Redskins three linebackers for the entire 1980s. In fact, it was <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">just<\/span> 1979 through 1987.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaufman, Linebacker On Super Bowl Teams, Passes Away &#8211; Redskins.comMel Kaufman (who wore #55) has died. I was wondering why searches for him were showing up on site stats. It seems liked he, Rich Milot and Neil Olkewicz were the Redskins three linebackers for the entire 1980s. 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