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2017 Player Deaths

Last Updated: January 12, 2018
Compiled By: Ken Crippen

Player Teams Death Ag

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Abe Addams 1949 Detroit Lions 12/10, 91
Bill Anderson 1958-63 Washington Redskins, 1965-66 4/18, Knoxville, TN 80
Green Bay Packers
Ezzrett Anderson 1947 Los Angeles Dons 3/8, Calgary, Alberta, 97
Canada
Pervis Atkins 1961-63 Los Angeles Rams, 1964-65 12/22, Los Angeles, CA 82
Washington Redskins, 1965-66 Oakland
Raiders
Hal Bedsole 1964-66 Minnesota Vikings 12/22, AZ 76
Ron Billingsley 1967-70 San Diego Chargers, 1971-72 2/5, Gladsden, AL 71
Houston Oilers
Steve Bowman 1966 New York Giants 11/17, Centreville, AL 72
Bobby Boyd 60-68 Baltimore Colts 8/28, Garland, TX 79
Ray Brown 1958-60 Baltimore Colts 12/26, Gautier, MS 81
Jack Brumfield 1954 San Francisco 49ers 4/10, Franklinton, LA 85
Jackie Burkett 1961-66 Baltimore Colts, 1967 New 9/1, Fort Walton Beach, 80
Orleans Saints, 1968-69 Dallas Cowboys, FL
1970 New Orleans Saints
Al Cannava 1950 Green Bay Packers 9/24, Medford, MA 93
J.C. Caroline 1956-65 Chicago Bears 11/17, Urbana, IL 84
Bernie Casey 1961-66 San Francisco 49ers, 1967-68 Los 9/20, Los Angeles, CA 78
Angeles Rams
David Cloutier 1964 Boston Patriots 11/6, Palm Coast, FL 78
Billy Cox 1951-53 Washington Redskins 5/14, Sarasota, FL 88
Eddie Crawford 1957 New York Giants 7/9, Tupelo, MS 82
Dan Currie 1958-64 Green Bay Packers, 1965-66 Los 9/11, Las Vegas, NV 82
Angeles Rams
Dave D’Addio 1984 Detroit Lions 5/29, Gillette, NJ 55
Andrew Davison 2002 New York Jets, 2003 Dallas Cowboys 2/7, Detroit, MI 37
Bob DeMoss 1949 New York Bulldogs 7/23, West Lafayette, 90
IN
Ed Eiden 1944 Detroit Lions 1/29, Springfield, VA 95
Bill Fischer 1949-53 Chicago Cardinals 1/20, Cape Coral, FL 89
Joe Fortunato 1955-66 Chicago Bears 11/5, Natchez, MS 87

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Player Teams Death Ag

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John Foruria 1967-68 Pittsburgh Steelers 5/3, Boise, ID 72
Leon Garror 1973-73 Buffalo Bills 6/16, Mobile, AL 69
Terry Glenn 1996-2001 New England Patriots, 2002 11/20, Irving, TX 43
Green Bay Packers, 2003-07 Dallas
Cowboys
Art Gob 1959-60 Washington Redskins, 1960 Los 5/9, Pittsburgh, PA 79
Angeles Chargers
Tom Graham 1972-74 Denver Broncos, 1974 Kansas City 5/30, Denver, CO 67
Chiefs, 1975-77 San Diego Chargers, 1978
Buffalo Bills
Larry Grantham 1960-72 New York Titans/Jets 6/18, Crystal Springs, 78
MS
Ken Gray 1958-69 Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, 1970 11/25, Llano, TX 81
Houston Oilers
Dave Grayson 1961-62 Dallas Texans, 1963-64 Kansas 7/29, 78
City Chiefs, 1965-70 Oakland Raiders
Ralph Guglielmi 1955 & 1958-60 Washington Redskins, 1/23, Wallace, NC 83
1961 St. Louis Cardinals, 1962-63 New
York Giants, 1963 Philadelphia Eagles
James Hadnot 1980-83 Kansas City Chiefs 3/31, Lubbock, TX 59
Tom Hall 1962-63 Detroit Lions, 1964-66 and 1968- 12/14, 77
69 Minnesota Vikings, 1967 New Orleans
Saints
Kim Hammond 1968 Miami Dolphins, 1969 Boston 7/16, Ormond Beach, 72
Patriots FL
Lee Harden 1970 Green Bay Packers 6/24, Kansas City, MO 69
James Hardy 2008-09 Buffalo Bills 6/4, Ft. Wayne, IN 31
Jimmy Hargrove 1967 and 1969-70 Minnesota Vikings, 8/17, Lampasas, TX 72
1971-72 St. Louis Cardinals
Alex Hawkins 1959-65 Baltimore Colts, 1966-67 Atlanta 9/12, Columbia, SC 80
Falcons, 1967-68 Baltimore Colts
Ben Hawkins 1966-73 Philadelphia Eagles, 1974 10/9, Belmar, NJ 73
Cleveland Browns
Larry Hayes 1961 New York Giants, 1962-63 Los 6/15, Old Hickory, TN 81
Angeles Rams
Luther Hayes 1961 San Diego Chargers 11/28, Palos Verdes, CA 78
Jerry Helluin 1952-53 Cleveland Browns, 1954-57 Green 10/18, Donaldsville, LA 88
Bay Packers, 1960 Houston Oilers
Charley Hennigan 1960-66 Houston Oilers 12/20, 82

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Player Teams Death Ag

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Mitchell Henry 2015 Denver Broncos 6/30, Elizabethtown, 24
KY
Aaron Hernandez 2010-12 New England Patriots 4/19, Leonminster, MA 27
Larry Hickman 1959 Chicago Cardinals, 1960 Green Bay 2/10, Tyler, TX 81
Packers
John Hilton 1965-69 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1970 Green 2/2, Richmond, VA 74
Bay Packers, 1971 Minnesota Vikings,
1972-73 Detroit Lions
Claude Hipps 1952-53 Pittsburgh Steelers 5/20, West Melbourne, 90
FL
Nate Hobgood- 1999-2000 St Louis Rams, 2000 San 11/12, CA 42
Chittick Francisco 49ers, 2001-02 Kansas City
Chiefs
Doug Hogland 1953-55 San Francisco 49ers, 1956-58 3/4, Tillamook, OR 85
Chicago Cardinals, 1958 Detroit Lions
Andy Hopkins 1971 Houston Oilers 9/30, Sugarland, TX 67
Gene Hubka 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers 12/3, Manahawkin, NJ 93
Bill Hudson 1961-62 San Diego Chargers, 1963 Boston 12/13, Spartanburg, SC 82
Patriots
Michael Jackson 1991-95 Cleveland Browns, 1996-98 5/12, Tangipahoa, LA 48
Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Jensen 1979-86 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders 4/7, Panama City 60
Beach, FL
Cortez Kennedy 1990-2000 Seattle Seahawks 5/23, Orlando, FL 48
Brady Keys 1961-67 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1967 10/24, NY 81
Minnesota Vikings, 1968 St. Louis
Cardinals
John Kirby 1964-69 Minnesota Vikings, 1969-70 New 5/30, David City, NE 75
York Giants
Ken Kranz 1949 Green Bay Packers 4/8, Richfield, WI 93
Frank Kuchta 1958-59 Washington Redskins, 1960 11/24, Lyndhurst, OH 81
Denver Broncos
Yale Lary 1952-53 and 1956-64 Detroit Lions 5/12, Fort Worth, TX 86
Bob Lee 1960 Boston Patriots 3/4, Columbia, MO 81
Tony Liscio 1963-71 Dallas Cowboys 6/18, Dallas, TX 76
Keith Loneker 1993-95 Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams 6/22, Lawrence, KS 46
Gary Lowe 1956-57 Washington Redskins, 1957-64 10/8, 83
Detroit Lions

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Player Teams Death Ag

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Ron Mabra 1975-76 Atlanta Falcons, 1977 New York 11/10, Atlanta, GA 66
Jets
Eddie Macon 1952-53 Chicago Bears, 1960 Oakland 4/19, Stockton, CA 90
Raiders
George Maderos 1955-56 San Francisco 49ers 2/2, CA 83
Mickey Marvin 1977-87 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders 3/6, Hendersonville, NC 61
Clay Matthews, Sr. 1950 and 1953-55 San Francisco 49ers 3/23, Mount Pleasant, 88
SC
Paul Mitchell 1946-48 Los Angeles Dons, 1948 New York 3/11, Palos Verdes 96
Yankees, 1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees Peninsula, CA
Tom Mitchell 1966 Oakland Raiders, 1968-73 Baltimore 7/16, Cape Coral, FL 72
Colts, 1974-77 San Francisco 49ers
Rod Monroe 1999 Atlanta Falcons, 2001 Cleveland 5/7, Houston, TX 41
Browns
John Morrow 1956 and 1958-59 Los Angeles Rams, 10/21, Sherwood, WI 84
1960-66 Cleveland Browns
Quentin Moses 2007-10 Miami Dolphins 2/12, Monroe, GA 33
Lee Murchison 1961 Dallas Cowboys 6/13, 79
Leonard Myers 2001-02 New England Patriots, 2003 New 2/17, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 38
York Jets, 2003 Detroit Lions
Tommy Neck 1962 Chicago Bears 5/5, Monroe, LA 78
Tommy Nobis 1966-76 Atlanta Falcons 12/13, Atlanta, GA 74
Babe Parilli 1952-53 Green Bay Packers, 1956 7/15, Parker, CO 88
Cleveland Browns, 1957-58 Green Bay
Packers, 1960 Oakland Raiders, 1961-67
Boston Patriots, 1968-69 New York Jets
Ara Parseghian 1948-49 Cleveland Browns 8/2, Granger, IN 94
Benny Perrin 1982-85 St. Louis Cardinals 2/3, Decatur, AL 57
Jerry Peterson 1956 Baltimore Colts 3/10, Colorado Springs, 82
CO
Bob Pifferini 1949 Detroit Lions 12/9, 95
Joyce Pipkin 1948 New York Giants, 1949 Los Angeles 4/11, Bethlehem, PA 93
Dons
Hugh Pitts 1956 Los Angeles Rams, 1960 Houston 4/14, College Station, 83
Oilers TX
Joe Ramona 1953 New York Giants 8/17, San Jose, CA 86
Sonny Randle 1959-66 Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, 1968 5/23, Staunton, VA 81
Dallas Cowboys, 1968-69 San Francisco
49ers

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Player Teams Death Ag

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John Reaves 1972-74 Philadelphia Eagles, 1975-78 8/1, Tampa, FL 67
Cincinnati Bengals, 1981 Houston Oilers,
1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bill Reinhard 1947-48 Los Angeles Dons 1/30, Palm Desert, CA 93
Len Rohde 1960-74 San Francisco 49ers 5/13, CA 79
Max Runager 1979-83 Philadelphia Eagles, 1984-88 San 6/30, Orangeburg, SC 61
Francisco 49ers, 1988 Cleveland Browns,
1989 Philadelphia Eagles
Joe Schaffer 1960 Buffalo Bills 9/25, Cincinnati, OH 90
Bucky Scribner 1983-84 Green Bay Packers, 1987-89 9/16, Kansas City, MO 57
Minnesota Vikings
Linwood Sexton 1948 Los Angeles Dons 3/29, Wichita, KS 90
Ed Sharockman 1961-72 Minnesota Vikings 8/19, Woodbury, MN 77
Keith Simons 1976-77 Kansas City Chiefs, 1978-79 St. 7/26, St. Paul, MN 63
Louis Cardinals
Bob Summerhays 1949-51 Green Bay Packers 5/4, Colorado Springs, 90
CO
Tony Sumpter 1946-47 Chicago Rockets 10/9, OK 94
Daniel Te’o- 2010 Philadelphia Eagles, 2011-13 Tampa 10/30, Honolulu, HI 30
Nesheim Bay Buccaneers
John Thierry 1994-98 Chicago Bears, 1999 Cleveland 11/24, 46
Browns, 1000-01 Green Bay Packers, 2002
Atlanta Falcons
Jimmy Thomas 1969-73 San Francisco 49ers 6/6, Ft. Worth, TX 69
Y.A. Tittle 1948-50 Baltimore Colts, 1951-60 San 10/8, Stanford, CA 90
Francisco 49ers, 1961-64 New York Giants
Ted Topor 1955 Detroit Lions 6/5, Highland, IN 87
Willie Townes 1966-68 Dallas Cowboys, 1970 New 7/22, Dallas, TX 74
Orleans Saints
Rick Tuten 1989 Philadelphia Eagles, 1990 Buffalo 6/13, Costa Rica 52
Bills, 1991-97 Seattle Seahawks, 1998-99
St. Louis Rams
Drew Wahlroos 2004-05 St. Louis Rams 9/2, San Diego, CA 37
Wayne Walker 1958-72 Detroit Lions 5/19, Boise, ID 80
Ray Warzeka 1960 Oakland Raiders 6/7, Boise, ID 81
Chuck Weber 1955-56 Cleveland Browns, 1956-58 10/23, CA 87
Chicago Cardinals, 1959-61 Philadelphia
Eagles

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Player Teams Death Ag

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Jim Welch 1960-67 Baltimore Colts, 1968 Detroit 10/25, Southlake, TX 79
Lions
Ellery Williams 1950 New York Giants 3/7, Los Altos, CA 90
Lester Williams 1982-85 New England Patriots, 1986 San 8/16, Birmingham, AL 58
Diego Chargers, 1987 Seattle Seahawks
Roy Williams 1963 San Francisco 49ers 9/6, San Clemente, CA 80
Clarence Williams 1970-77 Green Bay Packers 5/8, Cincinnati, OH 70

The Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and, in some
cases, reconstructing professional football history. The PFRA is incorporated in the state of Connecticut and has 501(c)(3)
status as an educational organization with the Internal Revenue Service.