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I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.

Edwin Moses

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Edwin Moses
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 31
Athletics Competitor
Bobsledder
Olympic Athlete
Dayton
Ohio
Edwin Corley Moses
Scholarship
Medical
College
School
Wanted
Never

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