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American football quarterback Ken Ploen (Wikidead at 88

 

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1 hour ago, Gisooo said:

American football quarterback Ken Ploen (Wikidead at 88

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American football, but it should be noted he played his entire professional career in the CFL. Even in the CFL HOF

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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/

Former linebacker Fulton Kuykendall played for the Atlanta Falcons from 1975-1984.

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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).

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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.

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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

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Andy Russell, 2x Super Bowl champion with Pittsburgh Steelers, dead at 82.

 

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15 hours ago, LWCZ said:

Andy Russell, 2x Super Bowl champion with Pittsburgh Steelers, dead at 82.

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.  

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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.  

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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

 

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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/

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