Troy Edwin Stradford (born September 11, 1964) is an American former professional

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player who was a

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in the

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(NFL). He was selected by the

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in the fourth round of the

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. Stradford won the 1987 Offensive Rookie of the Year Award for the Dolphins and played for Miami until the end of the 1990 season. He lasted just two more years in the NFL and played for the

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, the

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, and the

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from 1991 to 1992. Stradford grew up in

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, and played both basketball and football at Linden High School.Thomsen, Ian
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'', August 27, 1985. Accessed July 20, 2012. "He was a 5-foot-8-inch basketball player who could dunk two- handed, but roy Stradfordwas mainly a 1,000-yard tailback each of his last two years at Linden High School." Stradford currently works as a Sports talk show host on

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640 Sports radio weekdays from 10AM-12PM and as the host of the Gameday Insiders heard weekends on WFTL 640 and WFTL 850 in

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1964 births Living people American football running backs Boston College Eagles football players Miami Dolphins players Kansas City Chiefs players Detroit Lions players Linden High School (New Jersey) alumni Los Angeles Rams players NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year winners Players of American football from Elizabeth, New Jersey Sportspeople from Linden, New Jersey 20th-century American sportsmen {{runningback-1960s-stub