The Eagles drafted him in 1944. He didn’t find out until he read it in the newspaper 55 years later.
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Former Syracuse fullback Norm Michael was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1944, but because he was serving in the U.S. Army, he didn't discover it until reading a local newspaper 55 years later.
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