- Bruce Harper
NFL player
|DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1955|6|20|mf=y
Birthplace=Englewood, New Jersey |DateOfDeath=
College=Kutztown
Position=Running back ,Kick returner
number=42
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DatabaseFootball=HARPEBRU01
PFR=HarpBr00
years=1977-1984
teams=New York Jets
NFL=Bruce Harper (born
June 20 ,1955 inEnglewood, New Jersey ) was anAmerican football running back andkick returner for theNew York Jets of theNFL . He was signed as an undraftedfree agent out of Kutztown by the Jets in 1977. Bruce Harper is the all time kick returner in New York Jets history with 5407 KR yards. He also served as the Jets PR from 1977 to 1982. He tallied up 1748 PR yards and 1 touchdown. He also played running back. His total yards are 11429, 1829 rushing yards, 2409 receiving yards, 1784 PR yards and 5407 KR yards.Harper played high school football at
Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood.Rondinaro, Gene. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7D81339F930A35752C1A960958260 "Picturesque, Affluent West of Palisades"] , "The New York Times ",November 3 ,1996 . AccessedJuly 9 ,2007 . "A FORMER football standout at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, Mr. Harper was interested in finding a small, diverse community to live and raise a family in away from the media hype of New York's sports world.... Like Mr. Harper, other sports figures such as Don Mattingly, Gene Michael, Craig Nettles, Jim (Catfish) Hunter and Kenny Anderson have at one time or another called the borough home."]Harper's jersey is the jersey worn by diehard Jets fan (and leader of the J-E-T-S chant)
Fireman Ed .Harper has been a longtime resident of
Norwood, New Jersey .References
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