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On the field is a place where you can just let it loose and react to everything with violence.

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
React
Field
Fields
Violence
Place
Everything
Loose

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