From Peyton Manning to Tom Brady, UNC football alum Clyde Christensen has a quarterback connection

Posted Feb 1, 2021
Tom Brady and Clyde Christensen are inseparable — two legends focused on the same prize. Christensen, a minister’s son from Covina, California who lived with Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor in college at North Carolina and was taken in by the family of Rev. Billy Graham, has legions of NFL quarterbacks who regard him as the best of the best. (Los Angeles Times)

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