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So Cal's All-Time Roster: No. 66

No. 66:
Our pick:
==Bruce Matthews, USC football (1980-'82)

b3_1_b.jpgSon of Clay Sr., brother of Clay Jr., Bruce set himself apart from the rest by actually making it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in '07, a first-round draft choice of the Houston Oilers. Wearing No. 74, he stayed with the franchise after it moved to Tennessee and ended up playing every line position and making the Pro Bowl as a guard and center. He was the guard on the NFL's All-Decade Team of the '90s, making it to 14 Pro Bowls in all. He also holds the NFL record for games played (296) and seasons (19) by an offensive lineman when he retired in '01.
At USC, the 6-foot-5, 262-pound Matthews was an '82 consensus All-American out of Arcadia High, a two-time All-Pac-10 performer and inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in '05, with his brother Clay.

Other No. 66s:
==Dave Cadigan, USC football ('87)
==Bill Bain, USC football ('73-'74) (see link to No. 62 with the Rams)
==Pat Howell, USC football ('76-'78)

Sports Illustrated's pick for the all-time No. 66: Mario Lemieux over Ray Nitschke.

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