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4 Raiders and 1 Ram Make the Pro Bowl : Football: Bo Jackson is named to the AFC squad, along with Mosebar, Townsend and Wisniewski. The NFC team includes Slater.

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From Associated Press

Bo Jackson almost surely became the first athlete to make all-star teams in two sports as four Raiders were named to the Pro Bowl today, while Lawrence Taylor of the Giants was named to the squad for a record 10th time in 10 seasons.

Jackson, a running back, made the team as a reserve, as did Raiders guard Steve Wisniewski and center Don Mosebar. Defensive end Greg Townsend was chosen as a starter.

One member of the Rams was named to the NFC squad: tackle Jackie Slater, who was chosen as a starter.

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In voting by NFL players and coaches, the Buffalo Bills led the league with eight players on the AFC team, including five starters--wide receiver Andre Reed, center Kent Hull, running back Thurman Thomas, defensive end Bruce Smith and linebacker Shane Conlan.

The Bills’ backups were quarterback Jim Kelly and linebacker Cornelius Bennett. Steve Tasker was named as the special-teams player.

The Houston Oilers put six players on the AFC team, including quarterback Warren Moon and guards Bruce Matthews and Mike Munchak as starters.

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The Chicago Bears, with six players, led the NFC and the New York Giants and San Francisco each placed five players on the team, with the 49ers’ Joe Montana at quarterback and Jerry Rice at one wide receiver spot.

Taylor, the Giants’ menacing linebacker, is the first player to make the Pro Bowl in his first 10 seasons. Cincinnati’s Anthony Munoz, a starter at tackle, was elected 10 times, but over 11 seasons. Six other players had been elected nine times and former Pittsburgh linebacker Jack Lambert made the team in his first nine seasons.

Jackson made the American League team in baseball’s All-Star Game in 1989 as an outfielder for the Kansas City Royals. The running back, along with Denver’s Bobby Humphrey, is a reserve behind starters Thomas and San Diego’s Marion Butts.

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Backing up Montana will be Philadelphia’s Randall Cunningham, while Kelly, out with a sprained knee, backs up Moon.

The only three teams without representatives were the New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks.

PRO BOWL ROSTERS Rosters for the AFC and NFC teams in the 1991 NFL Pro Bowl to be played in Honolulu on Feb. 2 (x-starters; r-rookie): AFC Offense

QUARTERBACKS--x-Warren Moon, Houston; Jim Kelly, Buffalo.

RUNNING BACKS--x-Thurman Thomas, Buffalo; x-Marion Butts, San Diego; Bobby Humphrey, Denver; Bo Jackson, Raiders.

WIDE RECEIVERS--x-Andre Reed, Buffalo; x-Anthony Miller, San Diego; Drew Hill, Houston; Ernest Givins, Houston.

TIGHT ENDS--x-Rodney Holman, Cincinnati; Ferrell Edmunds, Miami.

GUARDS--x-Bruce Matthews, Houston; x-Mike Munchak, Houston; Steve Wisniewski, Raiders.

TACKLES--x-Anthony Munoz, Cincinnati; x-Bruce Armstrong, New England; r-Richmond Webb, Miami.

CENTERS--x-Kent Hull, Buffalo; Don Mosebar, Raiders.

AFC Defense

ENDS--x-Bruce Smith, Buffalo; x-Greg Townsend, Raiders; Jeff Cross, Miami.

INTERIOR LINE--x-Michael Dean Perry, Cleveland; Ray Childress, Houston.

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS--x-Derrick Thomas, Kansas City; x-Leslie O’Neal, San Diego; Cornelius Bennett, Buffalo.

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INTERIOR LINEBACKERS--x-John Offerdahl, Miami; x-Shane Conlan, Buffalo; David Little, Pittsburgh.

CORNERBACKS--x-Rod Woodson, Pittsburgh; x-Albert Lewis, Kansas City; Kevin Ross, Kansas City.

SAFETIES--x-Steve Atwater, Denver; x-David Fulcher, Cincinnati; Dennis Smith, Denver.

AFC Specialists

PUNTER--Rohn Stark, Indianapolis.

KICKER--Nick Lowery, Kansas City.

KICK RETURNER--Clarence Verdin, Indianapolis.

SPECIAL TEAM--Steve Tasker, Buffalo.

NFC Offense

QUARTERBACKS--x-Joe Montana, San Francisco; Randall Cunningham, Philadelphia.

RUNNING BACKS--x-Barry Sanders, Detroit; x-Neal Anderson, Chicago; Earnest Byner, Washington; r-Johnny Johnson, Phoenix.

WIDE RECEIVERS--x-Jerry Rice, San Francisco; x-Andre Rison, Atlanta; Sterling Sharpe, Green Bay; Gary Clark, Washington.

TIGHT ENDS--x-Keith Jackson, Philadelphia; Steve Jordan, Minnesota.

GUARDS--x-Randall McDaniel, Minnesota; x-Mark Bortz, Chicago; Guy McIntyre, San Francisco.

TACKLES--x-Jim Lachey, Washington; x-Jackie Slater, Rams; Lomas Brown, Detroit.

CENTERS--x-Jay Hilgenberg, Chicago; Bart Oates, N.Y. Giants.

NFC Defense

ENDS--x-Reggie White, Philadelphia; x-Chris Doleman, Minnesota; Richard Dent, Chicago.

INTERIOR LINE--x-Jerome Brown, Philadelphia; Jerry Ball, Detroit.

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS--x-Charles Haley, San Francisco; x-Lawrence Taylor, N.Y. Giants; Pat Swilling, New Orleans.

INSIDE LINEBACKERS--x-Pepper Johnson, N.Y. Giants; x-Mike Singletary, Chicago; Vaughan Johnson, New Orleans.

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CORNERBACKS--x-Darrell Green, Washington; x-Carl Lee, Minnesota; Wayne Haddix, Tampa Bay.

SAFETIES--x-Joey Browner, Minnesota; x-Ronnie Lott, San Francisco; r-Mark Carrier, Chicago.

NFC Specialists

PUNTER--Sean Landeta, N.Y. Giants.

KICKER--Morten Andersen, New Orleans.

KICK RETURNER--Mel Gray, Detroit.

SPECIAL TEAMS--Reyna Thompson, N.Y. Giants.

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