Gisooo 3,302 Posted February 13 American football quarterback Ken Ploen (Wiki) dead at 88 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,624 Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Gisooo said: American football quarterback Ken Ploen (Wiki) dead at 88 --snip American football, but it should be noted he played his entire professional career in the CFL. Even in the CFL HOF 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,980 Posted February 16 Fulton Kuykendall was born in Coronado, California, died at age 70 in Canton, Georgia, and played professional football from 1975 to 1985 for the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers (1985). Kuykendall was a member of the Atlanta Falcons' famous "Grits Blitz" defense 1977, which was notable for allowing the fewest points in a season (129) during the Super Bowl era His widow donated his brain to the Boston University study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-falcons/former-falcon-fulton-kuykendall-known-as-kaptain-krazy-dies-at-age-70/ZPGZIWPUCZDKRCP3AOA7L37PNU/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LWCZ 185 Posted February 23 Kent Kramer, former TE (f.e. San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints or Minnesota Vikings), dead at 79 (confirmed by his son on Twitter/X). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 24 John 'Golden' Richards, who played college football for BYU before an NFL career with Dallas, Chicago and Denver, has died. He was 73. https://www.deseret.com/2024/2/23/24081658/former-byu-football-star-and-dallas-cowboys-receiver-golden-richards-dies-at-the-age-of-73 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted February 28 Hybrid defensive end/linebacker Craig Roh, died at 33 years: https://www.sportsnet.ca/article/former-cfl-defensive-lineman-craig-roh-dies-at-the-age-of-33/ He went undrafted in 2013, then earned a spot with the Carolina Panthers. He was a two-time All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention in addition to winning Michigan's Richard Katcher Award for the team's best defensive lineman. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,980 Posted February 28 Steve Okoniewski was born in Bremerton, Washington and died at age 74, was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, and St. Louis Cardinals https://www.packers.com/news/former-packers-dt-steve-okoniewski-dies-at-74 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LWCZ 185 Posted March 1 Andy Russell, 2x Super Bowl champion with Pittsburgh Steelers, dead at 82. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 2 15 hours ago, LWCZ said: Andy Russell, 2x Super Bowl champion with Pittsburgh Steelers, dead at 82. Can’t be many left from the Iron Curtain defense. I know the entire line is dead; this is at least 2 of the linebackers. Can’t speak for the secondary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted March 2 10 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Can’t be many left from the Iron Curtain defense. I know the entire line is dead; this is at least 2 of the linebackers. Can’t speak for the secondary. Not to nitpick but it's "Steel Curtain" and, while the term has come to be applied to the entire defense, it originally only referred to the defensive line. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DemBones 36 Posted March 3 14 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Can’t be many left from the Iron Curtain defense. I know the entire line is dead; this is at least 2 of the linebackers. Can’t speak for the secondary. Not quite true. The rest of the d-line died a long time ago but Mean Joe Greene is still very much alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 480 Posted March 3 Chris Mortensen, a fixture on ESPN's NFL coverage for decades, has died at the age of 72. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted March 3 He retired last year. I had a hunch it was health-related, which is why he's in my shadow list - but unfortunately nowhere else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 4 13 hours ago, MrWonderful said: Chris Mortensen, a fixture on ESPN's NFL coverage for decades, has died at the age of 72. Big miss by most of us. He was semi popular pick a couple years back, as if his stage 4 cancer ‘got better’. Ugh. I simply forgot about him. I’ll assume that’s everyone’s excuse. Will be interesting to see if he QO’s, I give it 70% chance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 480 Posted March 5 22 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Big miss by most of us. He was semi popular pick a couple years back, as if his stage 4 cancer ‘got better’. Ugh. I simply forgot about him. I’ll assume that’s everyone’s excuse. Will be interesting to see if he QO’s, I give it 70% chance. Yeah, just a total miss on my part. Even knew he had stepped aside after the draft last year to "focus on his health", and I should have made the connection that this was 7 years after his stage 4 diagnosis. I should have made a notation that he was 2024 material. Especially as much as I watch football coverage. He was a pioneer in the business and from every account I've seen, just a wonderful human being. Cancer sucks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 5 D.J. Park, who played university football at South Carolina and had a brief stint with the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, has died. He was 29. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-south-carolina-lineman-dj-park-dead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,980 Posted March 6 Char-ron Dorsey was born in Jacksonville, Florida and died at age 46, he played for the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/03/05/char-ron-dorsey-former-bolles-fsu-cowboys-lineman-dies-at-46/72849705007/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,980 Posted March 8 John Isenbarger was born in Muncie, Indiana, and died at age 76, and was a professional American football player who played wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) between 1970 and 1973. https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/former-san-francisco-49ers-wide-receiver-dead-at-76 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 8 Wayne Moses, a member of the University of Washington Huskies' 1978 Rose Bowl team and later a UW running-backs coach, has died. He was 69. https://www.si.com/college/washington/football/wayne-moses-former-uw-cornerback-and-rb-coach-dies-at-69 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 9 Dave Ritchie, an American-born Canadian Football League Hall of Fame coach, whose career had him helming the Montreal Alouettes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions, winning Grey Cups with the latter two, has died. He was 85. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/dave-ritchie-winnipeg-bc-coach-obituary-1.7139388 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 17 On 05/01/2022 at 10:18, DeathClock said: College Hall of Famer, Ross Browner, dead at 67 from COVID-19. He played for Notre Dame. Was the 8th overall pick in the 1978 NFL Draft. Played 9 seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals and 1 season for the Green Bay Packers. Jimmie Browner, who played for the Cincinnati Bengals after a memorable college career with Notre Dame and who was the younger brother of College Hall of Famer Ross Browner, died March 6th. He was 68. https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/breaking-former-cincinnati-bengals-running-back-has-passed-away/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 19 Steve Tensi, a quarterback who threw the first touchdown pass in Denver Broncos history, has died. He was 81. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/former-broncos-qb-steve-tensi-dies-at-81 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 23 Leo Sanford, who played in the NFL in the 1950s with the Chicago Cardinals and Baltimore Colts following a stellar college career at Louisiana Tech, has died. He was 94. https://www.ktbs.com/sports/la-tech-legend-nfl-champion-leo-sanford-dies-at-94/article_66805baa-e89e-11ee-b14a-1b2a030aeb76.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 1 Vontae Davis, former NFL cornerback and 2x Pro Bowler, has been found dead aged 35. He was perhaps most famous for abruptly retiring mid-game in 2018. Sort of a proto-Antonio Brown. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,624 Posted April 1 1 hour ago, RadGuy said: Vontae Davis, former NFL cornerback and 2x Pro Bowler, has been found dead aged 35. He was perhaps most famous for abruptly retiring mid-game in 2018. Sort of a proto-Antonio Brown. The wording on some these reports makes me think suicide. CTE involved either way. Sad news. I'm getting to the age where people I watched during the draft are retired + dead. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
