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Tim Van Galder was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1966. He was on the team in 1967. He spent two years in St. Louis before he joined the Cincinnati Bengals in 1973. Van Galder also played for the New York Jets during the 1973 season.

Following his playing career, he went on to become a successful broadcaster in the St. Louis area.

He was 77 years old.

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29 minutes ago, MrWonderful said:

And Shapiro died yesterday, as announced by his family.  

 

And a dozen Cup captains go looking for another Joker :biggrin:

 

They really don't fuck about in American hospices. Get 'em in, bump up the morphine dose, clear 'em out. Next! 

 

 

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Charlie Milstead, who played quarterback at Texas A&M before spending two years with the Houston Oilers, has passed away. He was 84.

Milstead was a 14th-round pick of the Oilers in 1960. He spent two years with the team as a backup quarterback, defensive back and punter, helping Houston win back-to-back AFL championships.

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Lionel James, the San Diego Chargers running back known as “Little Train” who was a sparkplug and record-breaker in the team’s backfield in the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness, his alma mater Auburn University announced Friday. He was 59.

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Houston Oilers great Ken Burrough died Thursday at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, at 73 years old, the Black College Football Hall of Fame announced.

A first-round draft pick by the New Orleans Saints in 1970, Burrough holds the distinction of the last NFL player to wear No. 00 on his jersey. He played just one year with the Saints before being traded to the Oilers prior to the 1971 season, where he became one of the best wide receivers in franchise history. 
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Kent Waldrep, a TCU running back who became an advocate for disabled people after a spinal injury during a game left him paralyzed, has died. He was 67.

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Shane Olivea, who spent four years with the Los Angeles Chargers organization in the mid 2000s as an offensive lineman, has died. He was 40. Olivea's career was cut short by an addiction to painkillers, one he later kicked.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-nfl-offensive-lineman-shane-olivea-dies-40-rcna18799?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

 

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Jim Richards, the Virginia Tech defensive back and special-teamer who balanced his commitments to the Army with his short yet eventful pro football career with the Jets in 1968 and '69, died Tuesday. He was 75.

Richards was drafted in the eighth round (210th overall) of the 1968 AFL/NFL Draft but it took some doing for him to get to New York in time to suit up for head coach Weeb Ewbank and the Jets for the start of that super-duper season.

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Wayne Mackie, a longtime NFL game official and member of the NFL Officiating staff, died suddenly last night at age 62.   Mackie was among the NFL’s best and served as head linesman for Super Bowl 50

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Former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Doug Sutherland, a member of the Purple People Eaters, has died. He was 73.

The team released a statement saying Sutherland died Tuesday, but did not provide a cause of death.

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Former Dallas Cowboys great Rayfield Wright passed away Thursday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Wright, 76, had been hospitalized for several days following a severe seizure, Schefter said.

The 6-foot-6, 270-pound offensive tackle was selected in 2006 to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Wright was a seventh-round pick, 182nd overall, of the Cowboys in the 1967 draft. He played for Dallas through the 1979 season and compiled a long list of accolades.

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3 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Former Dallas Cowboys great Rayfield Wright passed away Thursday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Wright, 76, had been hospitalized for several days following a severe seizure, Schefter said.

The 6-foot-6, 270-pound offensive tackle was selected in 2006 to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Wright was a seventh-round pick, 182nd overall, of the Cowboys in the 1967 draft. He played for Dallas through the 1979 season and compiled a long list of accolades.

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I just saw a report about his death on ESPN's SportsCenter, and it was said that he was diagnosed with early-stage dementia back in 2012.  The report also mentioned that Wright suffered from seizures and that he attributed them to the head trauma he experienced as a pro.  

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Dwayne Haskins who finished 3rd in Heisman voting in 2018 died after working out with former teammates in Florida. Tragic. 

 

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Gary Brown, who played eight seasons in the NFL for three clubs combined between 1991 and 1999, later becoming the running back coach for the Dallas Cowboys (2013-19) and the University of Wisconsin (2021), has died. He was 52.

 

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Gary Brown, who spent seven seasons as the Dallas Cowboys’ running backs coach, died Sunday after being treated for cancer. He was 52.

Brown was with the Cowboys from 2013-19 and had three different running backs reach 1,000 yards, including DeMarco Murray, Darren McFadden and Ezekiel Elliott. Murray (2014) and Elliott (2016, ‘18) won NFL rushing titles under Brown’s tutelage.

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I hear it’s not looking good for Gary Brown either.

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Brian Wallace, former University of Arkansas lineman, has died. He was 26.

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Bob Harrison, a former NFL scout and assistant coach, passed away at the age of 80 on Friday.  He died from from complications from a stroke.

Harrison’s coaching experience spans 33 years and three levels: high school, college and NFL.  Harrison was the Atlanta Falcons’ wide receivers coach from 1983-86 and spent two seasons as an assistant for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1992-93.

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Ed Jasper, a defensive lineman who played nine seasons in the NFL, has died at the age of 49.

A sixth-round draft pick of the Eagles in 1997, Jasper played two years in Philadelphia, six in Atlanta and one in Oakland. Jasper’s best seasons came in Atlanta, and he started all 16 games for a Falcons team that made the playoffs in 2002.

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Lehigh announced on Friday evening that legendary college football coach Andy Coen died at the age of 57 on Friday.

Coen had stepped away from the program in 2018 following a diagnosis of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease.

The former college football head coach won a program-record 85 games and led Lehigh to five Patriot League championships in 13 seasons as head coach.

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