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Bruce Smith

American football player
Also known as: Bruce Bernard Smith
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Adam Augustyn
Adam Augustyn was a senior editor at Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Bruce Smith (born June 18, 1963, Norfolk, Va., U.S.) is an American professional gridiron football defensive end who holds the National Football League (NFL) career record for quarterback sacks (200). Smith played college football at Virginia Tech, where he was a consensus All-American and won the Outland Trophy as the best lineman in the country during his senior season. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills with the first overall pick of the 1985 NFL...

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