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| Born | September 3, 1942 Marshall, Texas |
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| Died | June 17, 1995 (aged 52) Missouri City, Texas |
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| Year(s) | 1966–1981 | ||
| NFL Draft | 1964 / Round: 19 / Pick: 261 | ||
| College | Howard Payne | ||
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| Games played | 194 | ||
| Games started | 81 | ||
| Fumble Recoveries | 7 | ||
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Robert Allen Young (September 3, 1942 – June 17, 1995) was an American football offensive guard who played 16 seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the St. Louis Cardinals, where he and other Cardinal offensive linemen are credited with introducing modern weightlifting/powerlifting into the training regime of the NFL. Young attended Howard Payne University. He was the older brother of three-time world powerlifting champion Doug Young.
Young competed in the inaugural World's Strongest Man contest in 1977, finishing second to weightlifter Bruce Wilhelm.[1]