Former NFL star Hernandez, facing murder charges, featured in calendar

(Reuters) - Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who has traded the gridiron for the courtroom as he faces charges of murdering three men, is featured as the July image in a calendar approved by his alma mater, the University of Florida, before he was charged, a university spokesman said on Tuesday. "People are just finding it now because they're flipping over to July," said University of Florida spokesman Daniel Apple. The calendar was produced by a third-party licensee and approved by school officials in spring 2013, before Hernandez's June 2013 arrest on charges murdering semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd, Apple said. It is one of thousands of products the school licenses each year, from clothing to stuffed animals to coffee mugs, Apple said.

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