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NFL Star Paul Hornung Found Fit for Army Duty

Nov. 3, 1961 - Paul Hornung (pictured #5), the Green Bay Packer halfback and leading scorer in the NFL, was found physically fit today and ordered to Army duty. He will be able to play the next two Sundays against the Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears. Fifth Army Headquarters announced that a series of tests Hornung took at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station this week had established that he was fit for service. He was ordered by the XIV Army Corps Headquarters at Minneapolis to report for duty Nov. 14 at Fort Riley, Kan. Hornung is 26 and unmarried.


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