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(1.85 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">170 lb (77 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Park_High_School" title="St. Louis Park High School">St. Louis Park</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers football">Minnesota</a> (1914–1916)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/End_(gridiron_football)" title="End (gridiron football)">End</a></td></tr><tr><th 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#DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>2× Consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1915_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1915 College Football All-America Team">1915</a>, <a href="/wiki/1916_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1916 College Football All-America Team">1916</a>)</li> <li>3× First-team <a href="/wiki/List_of_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_teams" title="List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams">All-Western</a> (<a href="/wiki/1914_All-Western_college_football_team" title="1914 All-Western college football team">1914</a>–<a href="/wiki/1916_All-Western_college_football_team" title="1916 All-Western college football team">1916</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career APFC statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games played:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games started:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BastBe20.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1316">College Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Albert Preston Baston</b> (December 3, 1894 – November 16, 1979) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <a href="/wiki/End_(gridiron_football)" title="End (gridiron football)">end</a> who played for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Tigers_(NFL)" title="Cleveland Tigers (NFL)">Cleveland Tigers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">American Professional Football Conference</a> (APFC) 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He played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers football">Minnesota Golden Gophers</a>, where he was an <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> and one of the first great catchers of the <a href="/wiki/Forward_pass" title="Forward pass">forward pass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a> for "extraordinary heroism" in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1954 </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_college_career">Early life and college career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bert_Baston&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and college career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baston was a sports phenomenon in high school, where he played for <a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_Park_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Louis Park High School">Saint Louis Park High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Park,_Minnesota" title="St. Louis Park, Minnesota">St. Louis Park, Minnesota</a>. Entering the University of Minnesota to study law, he played football on the school's 'elevens' at left end for three seasons beginning in 1914. He was captain of the team his final year. <a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp" title="Walter Camp">Walter Camp</a> named him on his All-American team both in <a href="/wiki/1915_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">1915</a> and in <a href="/wiki/1916_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1916 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">1916</a>. His team was recognized with a <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS#NCAA_records_book" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championship</a> in 1915, prior to the modern "consensus system."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to his football honors, while at Minnesota Baston was a member of <a href="/wiki/Phi_Sigma_Kappa" title="Phi Sigma Kappa">Phi Sigma Kappa</a> fraternity. He was president of the Athletic Board of Control, a member of the University Senate, of the Junior Ball Association, elected to Iron Wedge, a senior society, and to <a href="/wiki/Phi_Delta_Phi" title="Phi Delta Phi">Phi Delta Phi</a> international legal honor society, along with various local clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-Signet,_January_1955_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Signet,_January_1955-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_I_service">World War I service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bert_Baston&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War I service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bert_Baston.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bert Baston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bert_Baston.JPG/220px-Bert_Baston.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bert_Baston.JPG/330px-Bert_Baston.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bert_Baston.JPG/440px-Bert_Baston.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Bert Baston, National Football Hall of Fame, induction award</figcaption></figure> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> Baston served with the 17th Company of the <a href="/wiki/5th_Marine_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Marine Regiment (United States)">5th Marine Regiment</a>. He was a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">captain</a> and fought in France. He suffered a critical leg injury while serving in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood" title="Battle of Belleau Wood">Battle of Belleau Wood</a>, with a hole in his leg "big enough to stick a broom handle through," according to family lore.<sup id="cite_ref-St._Louis_Park_historical_record_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-St._Louis_Park_historical_record-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a>, his official citation reads: </p> <blockquote><p>The Navy Cross is presented to Albert P. Baston, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Château-Thierry, France. Although shot in both legs while leading his platoon through the woods at Hill 142, near Château-Thierry, France, on June 6, 1918, Lieutenant Baston refused treatment until he had personally assured himself that every man in his platoon was under cover and in good firing position.</p></blockquote> <p>The story of Baston's 5th Marine Regiment forms a key lesson of Marine Corps lore: It was in WWI and at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood" title="Battle of Belleau Wood">Belleau Wood</a> where Marines of the 5th earned the nickname <a href="/wiki/Devil_Dog" title="Devil Dog">Devil Dogs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_and_coaching_careers">Business and coaching careers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bert_Baston&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Business and coaching careers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bert_Baston_1935Dec1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Bert_Baston_1935Dec1.jpg/300px-Bert_Baston_1935Dec1.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Bert_Baston_1935Dec1.jpg/450px-Bert_Baston_1935Dec1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Bert_Baston_1935Dec1.jpg/600px-Bert_Baston_1935Dec1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2359" data-file-height="2231" /></a><figcaption>The Minnesota's Golden Gophers, 1935 National Champions, coaches: Bert Baston, end coach; <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Bierman" title="Bernie Bierman">Bernie Bierman</a>, head coach; and <a href="/wiki/George_Hauser" title="George Hauser">George Hauser</a>, line coach. The fourth varsity tutor, <a href="/wiki/Red_Dawson" title="Red Dawson">Lowek (Red) Dawson</a>, who coached the backfield, was absent when the photograph was taken</figcaption></figure> <p>Baston spent almost a year in the hospital, and when he got out he started a bakery in Detroit. He married Ruby Laird in 1920. Baston played that same year for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Tigers_(NFL)" title="Cleveland Tigers (NFL)">Cleveland Tigers</a>, an early <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> team. Eventually the couple returned to Minneapolis and started the Bert Baston Chevrolet Co. at 3038 Hennepin Avenue (1933), a site now redeveloped into commercial space.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His sales manager during the 1930s was George Richard Baston, the only surviving son of Bert's uncle, John Judson Baston. </p><p>Baston served as the Minnesota Gophers' ends coach from 1930 to the 1941 and again from 1946 to 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-St._Louis_Park_historical_record_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-St._Louis_Park_historical_record-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II_service">World War II service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bert_Baston&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> Baston again was called into service, this time in the <a href="/wiki/North_Africa_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North Africa Campaign">North Africa Campaign</a> as a colonel in the Marines, where he commanded a battalion that repaired equipment ranging from jeeps to rocket guns for armies in the European and African Theaters. </p><p>Baston and Ruby had two children: Fred, who also served in World War II and in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, and a daughter, Priscilla.<sup id="cite_ref-St._Louis_Park_historical_record_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-St._Louis_Park_historical_record-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bert_Baston&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baston resumed his automotive career after the war. The 1947 St. Louis Park City directory listed his Baston-Barington Chevrolet Co. at 2612 Lyndale Avenue. He remained active in the community and was appointed as General Chairman of the 1948 <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Aquatennial" title="Minneapolis Aquatennial">Minneapolis Aquatennial</a>. Baston moved to <a href="/wiki/St._Cloud,_Minnesota" title="St. Cloud, Minnesota">St. Cloud</a> later in life and opened a dealership there.<sup id="cite_ref-St._Louis_Park_historical_record_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-St._Louis_Park_historical_record-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1954, he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Signet,_January_1955_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Signet,_January_1955-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baston died in St. Cloud on November 15, 1979, and is buried at <a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Cemetery" title="Lakewood Cemetery">Lakewood Cemetery</a> in Minneapolis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bert_Baston&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150930102158/http://www.footballfoundation.org/Portals/7/nff/file_file/No.%2056,%20Vol.%203%20-%20October.pdf">"Footballetter"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. October 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.footballfoundation.org/Portals/7/nff/file_file/No.%2056,%20Vol.%203%20-%20October.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on September 30, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Footballetter&rft.date=2014-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.footballfoundation.org%2FPortals%2F7%2Fnff%2Ffile_file%2FNo.%252056%2C%2520Vol.%25203%2520-%2520October.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABert+Baston" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Widely praised in the media of that year, the 1915 team won all their games except for a single tie, which resulted from a dubious call. Later, a retroactive analysis by the <a href="/wiki/Billingsley_Report" title="Billingsley Report">Billingsley Report</a> confirmed Minnesota to be the best team in the nation for that year.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Signet,_January_1955-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Signet,_January_1955_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Signet,_January_1955_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEarl_F._Schoening1955" class="citation journal cs1">Earl F. Schoening, ed. (January 1955). "Gridiron Immortals, feature section". <i>The Signet, A Magazine for Members of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity</i>: Vol LXVII, No. 1, pg 6.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Signet%2C+A+Magazine+for+Members+of+Phi+Sigma+Kappa+Fraternity&rft.atitle=Gridiron+Immortals%2C+feature+section&rft.pages=Vol+LXVII%2C+No.+1%2C+pg+6&rft.date=1955-01&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABert+Baston" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-St._Louis_Park_historical_record-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-St._Louis_Park_historical_record_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-St._Louis_Park_historical_record_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-St._Louis_Park_historical_record_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-St._Louis_Park_historical_record_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://slphistory.org/bastonbert/">City of St. Louis Park historical record</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223718/http://www.slphistory.org/history/bastonbert.asp">Archived</a> May 12, 2014, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, accessed 10 May 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">3038 Hennepin is now the location of the Magers and Quinn bookstore, in Uptown.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bert_Baston&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" 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