Lindell Eugene Pearson (March 6, 1929 – March 9, 2011) was an American

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

halfback who played in the

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(NFL). He was a member of the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. The team plays their home game ...

for two seasons before splitting the

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between the Lions and the

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They ar ...

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1929 births 2011 deaths Players of American football from Oklahoma City American football running backs Detroit Lions players Green Bay Packers players Oklahoma Sooners football players 20th-century American sportsmen {{Runningback-1920s-stub