Cleveland Elam, an extraordinarily talented defensive lineman whose promising career was cut short by knee injuries, has died at the age of 60. The 49ers, who took Elam out of Tennessee State in the fourth round of the 1975 NFL draft, announced Elam's death today. No cause of death has been released. In 1976 Elam...
Former NFL defensive lineman Cleveland Elam dies at 60
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