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Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me.

Troy Polamalu

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Troy Polamalu
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: April 19
American Football Player
Football Player
Sports Executive
Garden Grove
California
Troy Aumua Polamalu
Troy Benjamin Aumua
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