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Football High: Garrett Harper's Story, Part I

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For many competitive high school football players like Garrett Harper, the intensity of this contact sport has its price.

Posted on BrainLine December 10, 2013.

Excerpted from the documentary "Football High." Used with permission from Frontline, PBS. www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline.

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