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| | RGJ.com - Former Texas, NFL player sentenced in fraud case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Russell Erxleben, the former Texas and NFL kicker, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Monday for bilking investors out of some $50 million. |
 | | Erxleben, 43, selected in the first round of the 1979 NFL draft by New Orleans, pleaded guilty in November 1999 to conspiracy and securities fraud involving hundreds of investors in his Austin Forex International, which traded in foreign currency. |
 | | In sentencing Erxleben, Nowlin dismissed pleas from the parents of the youth football team Erxleben helps coach to delay sentencing until the season is over. |
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