Sports Legends Passing Away

[King Kamala]

Original Pistons star point guard Gene Shue dies at 90, lived a 'charmed life'

Gene Shue played five seasons with the Pistons, making the All-Star team each season.

amp.detroitnews.com

Five time NBA All Star and two time NBA Coach of the Year Gene Shue has passed away at the age of 90.

 

[MFer]

Cowboys Hall of Fame tackle Rayfield Wright passed away at 76. Despite being a 7th-round pick, he ended up playing in five Super Bowls for Dallas, winning two of them.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Mike Bossy, 65

Islanders legend Mike Bossy dead at 65

Hockey Hall of Fame forward and four-time Stanley Cup champion Mike Bossy has died at the age of 65.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Zetterberg is God]

Another hockey legend:

Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur dies at 70

"Night after night, game after game, he would electrify all of us with his skating, his control and his shot,” Red Fisher wrote in 2005.

montrealgazette.com

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Daryle Lamonica, the Oakland Mad Bomber (low-key GOAT nickname), also passed away at age 80

RIP to both.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Detroit Pistons legend Bob Lanier, 73.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Former Cowboys, Bears back Barber dies at 38

Former Cowboys and Bears running back Marion Barber III has died at the age of 38, the Cowboys said Wednesday.

www.espn.com

holy fuck

police had to respond to a welfare check, so it sounds like he might have been in there for a while. kind of scared as to the cause of death.

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1539697680208773120

I knew this guy wouldn't live very long because of his weight, so I'm gonna say something I've been wanting to say because some large people have been dying lately and it's eating at me. If anyone here is overweight to the extent he was, please get that shit under control for the good of your family. I would say almost everyone on this board is 35 or older. That's not that far away from 55. That's less time left than you already lived, and you're gone. We aren't bullet proof you guys.

 

[snuffbox]

I'm one that could take some of that advice.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

This one feels shocking becuase he seemed so mentally healthy in recent years. Without the NFL workout schedule he probably couldn’t burn off all the shit he was eating.

 

[MFer]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544025809882648579

I haven't heard that name in probably 17 years, but RIP to him.

 

[BruiserBrody]

This one feels shocking becuase he seemed so mentally healthy in recent years. Without the NFL workout schedule he probably couldn’t burn off all the shit he was eating.

Leroy Butler has said in our local media circles that his eating habits was the biggest thing he had to change after he retired. He had consumed mass calories to support his elite workout schedule, and suddenly he was at home/radio station and fat.
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Last 2 posts hit home as I'm turning 40 this month, carrying 300 lbs and have one kidney.
It's been a good run.

 

[MFer]

Chiefs HOF QB Len Dawson passed away at 87.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1562434678959001600

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1562413329565597696

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Very underappreciated QB in terms of the importance of what he did in that Super Bowl win over the Minnesota Vikings. KC making it to Super Bowl I also tends to get glossed over because of Lombardi and the Packers legacy that ensued.

Those Chiefs teams usually weren't very good outside of a few seasons but he made 2 SB appearances and was ahead of his time in the 1960s.

 

[King Kamala]

Super Bowl IV is one of those games that my dad brought up an inexplicable amount since he had no rooting interest in either team. I think he must've placed a class room bet on it.

Anyway that and '90s/early '00s Inside the NFL are my Len Dawson memories.


I was wondering if he was the last Super Bowl winning QB to rip butts but a Google search tells me that John Elway might have been a cigarette smoker during his career. WTH?

 

[strummer]

Dawson was a fantastic QB. Probably the best in the AFL. He was overshadowed by Namath to a large degree.

RIP

 

[Hawk 34]

Super Bowl IV is one of those games that my dad brought up an inexplicable amount since he had no rooting interest in either team. I think he must've placed a class room bet on it.

Anyway that and '90s/early '00s Inside the NFL are my Len Dawson memories.

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I was wondering if he was the last Super Bowl winning QB to rip butts but a Google search tells me that John Elway might have been a cigarette smoker during his career. WTH?

Zero chance Big Ben wasn’t ripping darts in between Big Macs and his Tuesday night Rape session.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Earnie Shavers, 78.

26 year boxing career with wins over Ken Norton, and Jimmy Ellis.

 

[alkeiper]

Earnie Shavers, 78.

26 year boxing career with wins over Ken Norton, and Jimmy Ellis.

I mentioned a boxing podcast in another thread about punchers. Shavers' power was legendary. The Ken Norton fight was cold hearted destruction.

Also check out this moment from the second Holmes/Shavers fight. Shavers lands a punch that could be heard in the back row. Holmes somehow gets up.

 

[alkeiper]

RIP Maury Wills. Basestealer. The most stolen bases in a single season from 1920-61 (the live ball era) was 63. Wills in 1962 stole 104 bases. He changed the game, forcing teams to put more of a premium on catchers' defense.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

RIP Maury Wills. Basestealer. The most stolen bases in a single season from 1920-61 (the live ball era) was 63. Wills in 1962 stole 104 bases. He changed the game, forcing teams to put more of a premium on catchers' defense.

He's one of the very few along with guys like Rickey Henderson that I associate with stealing bases as a legitimate offensive weapon. I feel like the phrase, "Give him a single/walk and he's turning that into a double or triple," was coined for.

 

[Zetterberg is God]

Raiders Hall of Fame punter Ray Guy, 72, dies

Hall of Fame punter Ray Guy, who averaged 42.4 yards over a 14-year career with the Raiders, has died at the age of 72.

www.espn.com

 

[alkeiper]

Gaylord Perry passed away, aged 84. The most famous spitball pitcher of the last 100 years.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1071789194845085697

 

[King Kamala]

Beloved Reno boxing icon Mills Lane dies at age 85

Mills Lane, who rose to fame first as a boxer, then referee, Washoe County district attorney, and judge, died Tuesday morning in Reno. He was 85.

www.rgj.com

Heaven needed a boxing referee.

He was so damn ubiquitous in late '90s pop culture (complete with judge show and cameo in late era WCW). Can't forget Celebrity Deathmatch Ngl though I could've swore he passed 10-15 years ago. I guess he retired from public life after suffering a debilitating stroke in 2002 so I guess that's an easy mistake to make. RIP!

 

[strummer]

Famed tennis instructor/coach Nick Bolletieri has died at age 91. He trained most of the biggest tennis stars from the 70s/80s/90s.

 

[King Kamala]

Report: Former Celtics Great Paul Silas Dies at 79

Former Celtics great Paul Silas reportedly died on Sunday at the age of 79. He played four seasons in Boston and won two championships.

www.nbcboston.com

Hell of an interesting career. Three time NBA Champion (two with Celtics and one with Sonics), helped Celtics win their first championships post Bill Russell), LeBron's first NBA coach, and coached the worst team in NBA history (the 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats). RIP!

 

[alkeiper]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1602712442039042048

Curt Simmons – Society for American Baseball Research

sabr.org

 

[strummer]

Former Reds starting pitcher Tom Browning has died at age 62.

 

[Zetterberg is God]

Steelers legend Franco Harris dies at 72

Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back who scored perhaps the greatest touchdown in NFL history, has died at the age of 72. Harris died just two days before the 50th anniversary of the &#8220…

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

 

[Youth N Asia]

Pele, 82