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Tennessee Football Jersey Countdown: No. 49, Rudy Karler

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Tennessee opens its 2024 season in 49 days.

Rudy Karler, who wore No. 49 for the Vols, was a key part of their Sugar Bowl-winning season in 1942 before enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Karler was killed in action in Germany in 1945.


 
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