Milton Denis Morin was a professional American football

American football

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 tight end

Tight end

The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...

 in the National Football League

National Football League

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. After college at the University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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, he played for the Cleveland Browns

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 for ten seasons (1966–1975). Drafted round #1 in 1966 NFL Draft

1966 NFL Draft

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, he was voted to the Pro Bowl

Pro Bowl

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 in 1968

1969 Pro Bowl

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 and 1971

1972 Pro Bowl

The 1972 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on January 23, 1972 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The final Score was AFC 26, NFC 13. Jan Stenerud of the Kansas City Chiefs was the game's offensive MVP and Willie Lanier of the Kansas City Chiefs was the game's defensive MVP....

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After he made the team, team owner Art Modell

Art Modell

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 called him into his office and asked Morin what salary he would have made if he became a school teacher (Morin's major was education). He told Modell that $6,000 was the salary. Modell told him that he would pay Morin $6,000 a year as tight end.

On May 11, 2010, Morin was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

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On July 9, 2010, Morin died at Cooley Dickinson Hospital of a heart attack.