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  1.                                  If you could create a 
  2.                                  quarterback from scratch, 
  3.                                  you would probably end 
  4.                                  up with Steve Young of 
  5.                                  the San Francisco 49ers. 
  6. Steve is among the most talented quarter-
  7. backs in the history of the game. He can
  8. throw with the best passers, and he can run
  9. like a running back.
  10.  
  11. Steve grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, 
  12. and played football, basketball, and baseball
  13. in high school. He accepted a football 
  14. scholarship to play at Brigham Young 
  15. University in Utah. Steve wanted to play 
  16. quarterback, but the Cougars already had 
  17. seven players competing for that spot. 
  18. Steve kept on working, and by his
  19. senior year at BYU, he was an All-
  20.