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All-pro Rams Linebacker who helped bring NASCAR to area dies at 79

RIVERSIDE - Les Richter, an all-pro linebacker with the Los Angeles Rams who helped bring NASCAR racing to Southern California, died today in Riverside at age 79.

Richter died at Riverside Community Hospital after having a brain aneurysm Friday, his son, Jon, told the Los Angeles Times.

Leslie Alan Richter was born in Fresno on Oct. 6, 1930. He was a star football player at Fresno High School and UC Berkeley, where he was valedictorian and got a degree in business administration. An offensive lineman, linebacker and kicker, he was an All-American his last two seasons at Berkeley.

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