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PRO FOOTBALL REPORT / WEEKDAY UPDATE : AROUND THE NFL : Shofner Out as Browns’ Coach

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Jim Shofner will not return as coach of the Cleveland Browns next season but will be the team’s director of player personnel.

Shofner’s duties will include evaluating players on the team as well as those in the NFL and in the college ranks.

Joe Montana was named All-Pro quarterback by Associated Press for the third time and was joined on the All-Pro team by San Francisco 49er teammates Jerry Rice at wide receiver, Ronnie Lott at safety and Charles Haley at outside linebacker.

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Others on the offensive team are running backs Barry Sanders of Detroit and Thurman Thomas of Buffalo, receiver Andre Rison of Atlanta, tight end Keith Jackson of Philadelphia, tackles Anthony Munoz of Cincinnati and Jim Lachey of Washington, guards Bruce Matthews of Houston and Randall McDaniel of Minnesota, center Kent Hull of Buffalo, kicker Nick Lowery of Kansas City and returner Mel Gray of Detroit.

Also on the defensive team are end Reggie White and tackle Jerome Brown of Philadelphia, end Bruce Smith of Buffalo, nose tackle Michael Dean Perry of Cleveland, inside linebackers Pepper Johnson of the New York Giants and John Offerdahl of Miami, outside linebacker Derrick Thomas of Kansas City, cornerbacks Rod Woodson of Pittsburgh and Albert Lewis of Kansas City, safety Joey Browner of Minnesota and punter Sean Landeta of the Giants.

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