Facts:   - finalteam: las vegas locomotives    - finalyear: 2009    - weight: 240    - heightin: 1    - position: fullback    - debutteam: las vegas locomotives    - heightft: 6    - college: massachusetts      - birth date: 2 january 1985    - name: e.j. barthel    - birth place: santa cruz , california    - debutyear: 2009    - undraftedyear: 2009   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of e. j. barthel .
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elijah j. `` e. j. '' barthel -lrb- born february 1 , 1985 -rrb- is a former american football fullback .he was signed by the las vegas locomotives as an undrafted free agent in 2009 .he played college football at massachusetts .barthel grew up in east rutherford , new jersey and attended henry p. becton regional high school .