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Former New York Jets NFL football player speaks during a press conference at the Jets training facility in Florham Park, N.J., Aug. 18, 2022. “I grew up in the streets of a tough town and I used to get my butt kicked when I was a kid,” said the 69-year-old Klecko, who was raised in Chester, Pennsylvania. “Fighting was part of life. And I didn’t feel like there was anybody out there that I was going to take it from. I never made that my badge of courage or something like that. "It's just how I played the game.” (AP Photo/Dennis Waszak)

Joe Klecko ends 35-year Hall of Fame wait after a Jets career marked by toughness and versatility

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A trainer helps New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Manning suffered a big gash to the left side of his temple and was forced to leave the game. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Jets honor Namath, Martin, Maynard

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