Calvin Duane Murray (born July 30, 1971) is a former

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player who played

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in the major leagues from 1999 to 2004 for the

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, Texas Rangers, and

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. He is a 1989 graduate of Dallas' W. T. White High School. He was drafted by the

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in the first round of the

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, but did not sign, and instead attended the

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. He was the batter facing

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when Johnson hit a

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with a

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in a

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game in 2001. He is the younger brother of Kevin Murray, who was a quarterback at

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from 1983 to 1986. He is the uncle of 2018 Heisman Trophy winner

Kyler Murray Kyler Cole Murray (born August 7, 1997) is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Following a stint at Texas A&M, Murray played college football at Oklahoma, where he won the Heisman Trop ...

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