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Al Wistert

...that the All-American Wistert brothers Albert (pictured), Alvin and Whitey wore number 11 and played offensive tackle as University of Michigan Wolverines before being named to the College Football Hall of Fame?
...that the 1860 Republican and 1864 Democratic national conventions were held at the Wigwam, a building built in just over a month?
...that Chicago City Council alderman Vi Daley has proposed legislation that banks be forbidden to open within 600 feet (180 m) of each other?
...that Lucien Lagrange Architects has been involved in attempts to renovate Union Station in Chicago, Illinois for over twenty years?

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