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From Cancer to Captain America | Springfield Missouri News
Connor Lair, Missouri State’s bruising fullback and cancer survivor, is living his final college football season with grit and gratitude. Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma just before a game, he battled through grueling chemo, doubted his future on the field, then returned stronger—scoring a touchdown against the same team that day. Now, with a criminology degree in hand and his fiancée Chloe by his side, he’s embracing life back home in Howell County, eyeing a career with Missouri’s Department of Conservation or coaching high school football. Under new coaches, he’s been unleashed as a…
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