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April 27,2012 - - - - 113,953 AMERICANS ARE CANDIDATES ON THE UNOS TRANSPLANT WAIT LIST

91,996 waiting for a kidney

16,098 waiting for a liver

1,269 waiting for a pancreas

2,153 waiting for a Kidney-Pancreas

3,172 waiting for a heart

1,632 waiting for a lung

52 waiting for a heart-lung

278 waiting for small bowel

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year to be announced Feb. 4

NFL News | by National Football League

Three community-minded NFL players will be recognized during Super Bowl week as finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, it was announced Sunday. of the Baltimore Ravens, of the San Diego Chargers and of the Chicago Bears are the top candidates for this year's award, named for the legendary Bears running back who died in 1999.

The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award is the only league award that recognizes a player's off-the-field community service as well as his playing excellence.

The winner of the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award will be announced in Indianapolis, the site of Super Bowl XLVI, during "NFL Honors," a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on Feb. 4 from 9-11 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year to be announced Feb. 4

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