NFL players&#39; union pioneer dies
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Leonard Lindquist, who helped the NFL players organize their first union, died last week. He was 92.
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Syd Thrift, who spent nearly 50   years in professional baseball, has died following knee   replacement surgery, officials said Tuesday. He was 77.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, an NFL visionary who helped foster the NFL-AFL merger, dies Thursday at age 74.
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The death of legendary Green Bay Packers player Reggie White Sunday stunned local football players and coaches. âThis morning I heard it on the pre-game shows,â University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh football coach Phil Meyer said.
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HERKIMER, NY -- A former player for the Pittsburgh Steelers led troopers on a 40-mile high-speed today before driving into oncoming traffic and dying in a fiery head-on collision with a tanker truck.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, son of a famous and wealthy Texas family who became a pro sports visionary and author of the term "Super Bowl," died Wednesday night at a Dallas hospital.
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Eddie Adams, an Associated Press photojournalist famous for his photo of a communist guerrilla being executed in a Saigon street, died Sept. 19 in Manhattan of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). He was 71.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NFL union head Gene Upshaw has never been one to hide his emotions. An ex-NFL player thinks this time he's gone too far.
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The feud over pension and disability benefits escalated Monday between a group of disgruntled National Football League veterans and the leagueâs players union.
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The brother-in-law of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre died Wednesday evening after crashing an all-terrain vehicle on the player&#39;s property.
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Something tells me that 41 years ago when the owners of 24 professional football teams - 15 in the NFL, nine in the AFL - sat down to discuss a playoff game between their respective champions, total harmony did not exist. Chances are pretty good the majority of those owners couldn't agree what day it was.
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HUNTERSVILLE, NC - Reggie White, one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, died Sunday, his wife said. He was 43. &quot;Today our beloved husband, father and friend passed away,&quot; White&#39;s wife, Sara, said in a statement through a family pastor.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The body of "Bullet" Bob Hayes, who helped to revolutionize the NFL and once reigned as the fastest human on earth, lies here in an unmarked grave. All that distinguishes the site -- tucked into a corner of a modest cemetery in a city reaping a $350 million bonanza from tonight's Super Bowl -- is a windblown ...
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Reggie White, one of the top defensive ends in National Football League history, died this morning of a heart attack. He was 43. White, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green
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Lamar Hunt , the pro sports visionary who owned the Kansas City Chiefs and came up with the term "Super Bowl," died last night in Dallas. He was 74.
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Ken MacAfee, who played for the Giants in the 1950s, has died. He was 77.MacAfee had what was thought to be a heart attack July 4 while playing golf and was pronounced dead later at a hospital in Brockton, Mass., said Natalie Melo of the Conley Funeral and Cremation Service.MacAfee, an end, played for the Giants from 1954-58, a team spokesman said.His son, Ken, a former Notre Dame star and college football Hall of Famer, also played in the N.F.L.
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LOS ANGELES -- A newspaper is providing details into the events leading to the death of former San Jose, Calif., resident and NFL player Pat Tillman.