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The Glasgow Tartans will play arena football - a high-scoring, indoor, eight-a-side version of America's most popular sport.

Through the annals of pro football, players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities have given the game some of the all-time greats (and maybe the two greatest ever). Here are the 25 best to ...