American Football Players

[DeathClock 379]

Hall of Famer, Willie Wood dead at 83. He played safety for the Green Bay Packers.

https://www.packers.com/news/former-packers-safety-willie-wood-dies-at-83

[Greenwald 13]

12 minutes ago, DeathClock said:

Hall of Famer, Willie Wood dead at 83. He played safety for the Green Bay Packers.

https://www.packers.com/news/former-packers-safety-willie-wood-dies-at-83

Just a hair under 50 career interceptions. RIP to a legend.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

4 hours ago, Greenwald said:

Just a hair under 50 career interceptions. RIP to a legend.

FINALLY...… I probably dropped him here and there, but I was his only champion.  We shall see about an obit.  I dunno if I had him DDP, I used to.
RIP
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[alt obits guy 3,371]

Gloster Richardson, a wide receiver and member of the Kansas City Chiefs team that won Super Bowl IV, has died.  He was 77.

 

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article240817201.html

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

5 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Gloster Richardson, a wide receiver and member of the Kansas City Chiefs team that won Super Bowl IV, has died.  He was 77.

 

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article240817201.html

 

Yet Otis Taylor somehow lives on...

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Del Shofner, a five-time All-Pro wide receiver for the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, has died at the age of 85.

 

Shofner was the Los Angeles Rams' first round draft pick, 11th overall, in the 1957 draft. After spending his rookie season on defense, he was switched to wide receiver the following season and led the league with 1,097 yards receiving.

Shofner was traded to the Giants following the 1960 season. The following season, the lanky 6-foot-3 former Baylor star had 1,125 yards and became the first player in NFL history to have two seasons of 1,000 yards receiving. He would have 1,000 yards receiving in three consecutive seasons (61-63).

 

I follow my ‘football’ rather closely and for a 5-time Pro Bowl player..... I’ve never heard of this guy.

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Longtime San Francisco 49ers coach and executive Bill McPherson has died at the age of 88.

McPherson spent 20 seasons as a defensive assistant for the 49ers from 1979-98, helping the franchise win five Super Bowl titles. He was hired in coach Bill Walsh's first season with the team and was defensive coordinator from 1989-93 under coach George Seifert.

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[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

Former Football player and coach (Washington Huskies) Jim Lambright died at 77 years:

https://thespun.com/pac-12/washington/longtime-college-football-coach-has-died-at-77

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Former Syracuse University head football coach Frank Maloney, who succeeded the winningest coach in school history when the program was in decline, has died. He was 79.  Maloney died Monday at his home in Chicago, his family confirmed to the university. The cause was metastic brain cancer.

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[MrWonderful 481]

Pro Football Hall Of Famer Bobby Mitchell has died.  

[Sir Creep 7,070]

On 05/04/2020 at 20:02, MrWonderful said:

Pro Football Hall Of Famer Bobby Mitchell has died.  

Updating this linkless post:

 

Bobby Mitchell, the speedy Hall of Famer who became the Washington Redskins' first black player, has died. He was 84.

Mitchell split his career with the Cleveland Browns and Redskins and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

Mitchell played halfback for the Browns from 1958-61 and moved to flanker with the Redskins, leading the NFL in yards receiving in 1962 and 1963. He was a three-time All-NFL selection, played in four Pro Bowls, and his 7,954 all-purpose yards were the second-most in league history when he retired in 1968.

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[alt obits guy 3,371]

Timmy Brown, a former star running back and return specialist for the Philadelphia Eagles, has died.  He was 82.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2020/04/07/timmy-brown-philadelphia-eagles-actor-dies/2964042001/

 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

23 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Timmy Brown, a former star running back and return specialist for the Philadelphia Eagles, has died.  He was 82.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2020/04/07/timmy-brown-philadelphia-eagles-actor-dies/2964042001/

 

Further investigation reveals Timmy Brown the football player was also Timothy Brown the actor, who played Spearchucker Jones in about a half-dozen episodes of the TV series M*A*S*H.  He was also in the 1970 movie, but playing a different character.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Pete Retzlaff, a legendary Philadelphia Eagles player, part of their 1960 championship team and who held numerous franchise records when he retired in 1966, has died.  He was 88.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2020/04/10/philadelphia-eagles-great-pete-retzlaff-dies-at-88/2975225001/

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

1 hour ago, alt obits guy said:

Pete Retzlaff, a legendary Philadelphia Eagles player, part of their 1960 championship team and who held numerous franchise records when he retired in 1966, has died.  He was 88.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2020/04/10/philadelphia-eagles-great-pete-retzlaff-dies-at-88/2975225001/

 

*sigh*
 

[Thatcher 2,406]

Tarvaris Jackson, quarterback for Minnesota Vikings (2006-2010), Seattle Seahawks (2011, 2013-2015), and Buffalo Bills (2012), has died aged 36. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl in 2014.

 

Edit: The Sun, The Independent, Daily Mail obituaries.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

4 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Tarvaris Jackson, quarterback for Minnesota Vikings (2006-2010), Seattle Seahawks (2011, 2013-2015), and Buffalo Bills (2012), has died aged 36. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl in 2014.

 

Edit: The Sun, The Independent, Daily Mail obituaries.

1. He was 36, which is terribly young.  Something traumatic must have happened.  But you never bothered to tell anyone.  Hell you could have cut/paste the gdamn headline and given more info.

Jackson died in an automobile accident.  This may help explain why a 36 year old is suddenly dead.

 

2. Jackson was awful as a player and after the first year or two dragging down the Vikings as a franchise (he was a 1st round draft choice and ‘tossed to the wolves’ as starting quarterback- which he never figured out at the professional level), he somehow languished in the NFL probably based on his ‘potential’ that was never realised.  
So saying he was part of a Super Bowl winning team (a fact I had no idea tbh) makes it sound like he played a role in the team’s success.  He didn’t.  
 

Yours truly,
SirC

[Thatcher 2,406]

20 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

1. He was 36, which is terribly young.  Something traumatic must have happened.  But you never bothered to tell anyone.  Hell you could have cut/paste the gdamn headline and given more info.

Jackson died in an automobile accident.  This may help explain why a 36 year old is suddenly dead.

 

2. Jackson was awful as a player and after the first year or two dragging down the Vikings as a franchise (he was a 1st round draft choice and ‘tossed to the wolves’ as starting quarterback- which he never figured out at the professional level), he somehow languished in the NFL probably based on his ‘potential’ that was never realised.  
So saying he was part of a Super Bowl winning team (a fact I had no idea tbh) makes it sound like he played a role in the team’s success.  He didn’t.  
 

Yours truly,
SirC

 

1. Congratulations you read the article and found out his cause of death. 

 

2. Congratulations you have an opinion on him as a player. I’m not here to adjudicate if he had a role in their win or not, but he played in that game.

 

3. Fuck off.

[dwadingindeath 5]

1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

1. He was 36, which is terribly young.  Something traumatic must have happened.  But you never bothered to tell anyone.  Hell you could have cut/paste the gdamn headline and given more info.

Jackson died in an automobile accident.  This may help explain why a 36 year old is suddenly dead.

 

2. Jackson was awful as a player and after the first year or two dragging down the Vikings as a franchise (he was a 1st round draft choice and ‘tossed to the wolves’ as starting quarterback- which he never figured out at the professional level), he somehow languished in the NFL probably based on his ‘potential’ that was never realised.  
So saying he was part of a Super Bowl winning team (a fact I had no idea tbh) makes it sound like he played a role in the team’s success.  He didn’t.  
 

Yours truly,
SirC

 

Tavaris Jackson was not a first round pick...

[Banana 859]

1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

1. He was 36, which is terribly young.  Something traumatic must have happened.  But you never bothered to tell anyone.  Hell you could have cut/paste the gdamn headline and given more info.

Jackson died in an automobile accident.  This may help explain why a 36 year old is suddenly dead.

 

2. Jackson was awful as a player and after the first year or two dragging down the Vikings as a franchise (he was a 1st round draft choice and ‘tossed to the wolves’ as starting quarterback- which he never figured out at the professional level), he somehow languished in the NFL probably based on his ‘potential’ that was never realised.  
So saying he was part of a Super Bowl winning team (a fact I had no idea tbh) makes it sound like he played a role in the team’s success.  He didn’t.  
 

Yours truly,
SirC

That’s why you read the linked article where you can learn this. This isn’t Wikipedia. 

[DeathClock 379]

Packers Hall of Famer, Willie Davis, dead at 85. 

[DemBones 36]

On 15/04/2020 at 14:45, DeathClock said:

Packers Hall of Famer, Willie Davis, dead at 85. 

I just did some research, because it seems like Lombardi-era Packers have been dying off at a remarkable rate recently. Sure enough, of the 41 players on the roster for the first Super Bowl champion team (1966-67), ten of them have died in just the last three years, including four already this year alone. That might not bode well for Paul Hornung in particular, given his heavy drinking into the 1970s and more recent battles with dementia.

 

That said, 18 of them are still alive, so it’ll still be a while before we start shifting into “last survivor watch” mode. And one of the coaching staff is also still alive, defensive backs coach (and later Vikings HC) Jerry Burns.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Somehow this escaped scrutiny on March 29.

 

Orlando McDaniel, a multisport star at LSU and NFL wide receiver, died Friday at the age of 59 due to complications from the coronavirus.

He became ill after traveling to Washington D.C. to visit a family member.

McDaniel ran track and played football at LSU from 1978 to 1981. He won the SEC Championship in the 110-meter hurdles in 1980.

As a college football player, McDaniel had 1,184 yards and 64 receptions in four seasons. The Louisiana native was a second-round draft pick by the Denver Broncos in 1982. He appeared in three NFL games as a rookie but didn't catch a pass.

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Mike Curtis, a hard-hitting middle linebacker for the Baltimore Colts and two other teams over his 14-year NFL career, has died at age 77.
Nicknamed "Mad Dog," Curtis was selected by the Colts with the 14th overall pick in the 1965 draft out of Duke. He was named first-team All-Pro after the 1968 and 1969 seasons and was one of the mainstays on a 1968 Colts defense -- along with defensive end Bubba Smith and cornerback Bobby Boyd -- that allowed the fewest points in the NFL and ranked second in yards allowed. Under coach Don Shula, the Colts went 13-1 that season before losing to the New York Jets in Super Bowl III. 

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Former Vikings guard Milt Sunde has died. Sunde was 78.

Sunde was in hospice care after battling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

 

The Vikings made Sunde a 20th-round selection in 1964. 
I highlight this as the NFL is holding their annual draft TODAY, and despite twice as many teams as in 1964, there are only 7 rounds.  This guy would have never made a roster nowadays.

He played 11 seasons.  Sunde made the Pro Bowl in 1966.  He played 147 games with 133 starts and also saw action in 11 playoff games. He appeared in two Super Bowls.

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