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VIDEO: Michael Vick congratulates Chipper Jones on Hall of Fame induction

Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick sports a team hat as he returns to the Georgia Dome before the Falcons played the New Orleans Saints in an NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick sports a team hat as he returns to the Georgia Dome before the Falcons played the New Orleans Saints in an NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
By Juliakate E Culpepper
July 27, 2018

Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick reached out to Chipper Jones to congratulate the former Atlanta Braves star on his National Baseball Hall of Fame induction.

“Chipper, I want to say congratulations on a great career,” Vick said in a video posted by Fox Sports South. “I wish you nothing but the best moving forward and you deserve it all.”

Vick’s full message can be watched below:

The 2018 National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown, NY will be televised at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the MLB Network.

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