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  1.                                  would stand on a scaffold
  2.                                  (a high platform) and
  3.                                  catch bricks tossed to him
  4.                                  by his five brothers as they
  5.                                  helped their father on the
  6. job during the summers. The training paid
  7. off for Jerry when he played football at B.L.
  8. Moore High School, in Mississippi. He
  9. caught 35 touchdown passes and won a
  10. scholarship to Mississippi Valley State
  11. University. 
  12.  
  13. The college wasnΓÇÖt well-known for football,
  14. but NFL scouts heard of JerryΓÇÖs outstanding 
  15. record at Mississippi Valley State. During
  16. four years there, he caught passes for 4,693
  17. yards and set 18 NCAA Division 1-AA
  18. records. Jerry was chosen by the 49ers