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Post by jimsteel on May 19, 2022 16:09:50 GMT -5
ER and West Wing actor John Aylward dies at age 75
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Post by jimsteel on May 19, 2022 16:15:00 GMT -5
Vangelis: Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner composer dies at 79
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Post by TTX on May 19, 2022 16:41:39 GMT -5
RIP.
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Post by jimsteel on May 19, 2022 22:17:38 GMT -5
Folk Singer/Songwriter Bob Neuwirth Dies at 82
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Post by jimsteel on May 20, 2022 13:35:24 GMT -5
Jim Kelly, a former tight end in the NFL, passed away at the age of 80 on May 18th, 2022. The following is text from his online obituary: "Jim was a proud graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he was a two-time All-American football player. After a successful college career with Notre Dame, he was drafted into the National Football League, where he went on to play for his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers as well as the Philadelphia Eagles. Following the NFL, he went on to a successful career in the publishing industry covering the Tri-State area. Kelly was drafted by both the AFL and the NFL in the 2nd round of each draft in 1964. He then chose to sign with his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers. He played for the following teams in the NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers (1964) and the Philadelphia Eagles (1965, 1967).
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Post by jimsteel on May 20, 2022 16:06:51 GMT -5
Calvin Magee, a former tight end in the NFL and a college coach, passed away at the age of 59 on May 20th. Magee went to Southern University and upon graduation went undrafted by the NFL. He was invited to training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he made the team and played for the Bucs from 1985-1988. After the NFL, he decided to pursue a coaching career. Shortly after a high school coaching career around the Tampa area, Calvin was a member of the University of South Florida's first coaching staff in 1996 where he remained until 2001 when he joined Rich Rodriguez's staff at West Virginia University. Magee followed Rodriguez to the University of Michigan in 2008, where he served as offensive coordinator until Rodriguez and his staff were fired after the 2010 season. Rodriguez is widely credited with innovating the spread option offense, which Magee managed at West Virginia and Michigan. The offense is used by thousands of high schools and other collegiate programs throughout the country. Magee was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2007, given to the top college assistant coach. Following Rich Rodriguez's termination as Michigan's head football coach, Magee joined Todd Graham's staff on the Pittsburgh Panthers football team. He served as offensive coordinator for the 2011 season. On December 5, 2011, Rich Rodriguez announced that Magee would join his staff at the University of Arizona as offensive coordinator. He is also the running backs coach. The following are some of Magee's coaching stops during his long career: 1990–1995 Tampa Catholic HS (FL) (AHC/OC) 1996 South Florida (TE) 1997–1998 South Florida (RB) 1999–2000 South Florida (RGC/RB) 2001–2006 West Virginia (RB) 2005–2006 West Virginia (OC/RB) 2007 West Virginia (AHC/OC/RB) 2008–2010 Michigan (OC/RB) 2011 Pittsburgh (AHC/co-OC/RB) 2012–2017 Arizona (Assoc. HC/co-OC/RB) 2018 New Mexico (OC/RB) 2019 Ole Miss (TE) 2021 Duke (RB) 2022 Jacksonville State (AHC/OC/TE)
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Post by jimsteel on May 20, 2022 16:46:28 GMT -5
Sam Smith, a former forward in the ABA, passed away on May 19th at the age of 78. A 6'7" forward born in Hazard, Kentucky, Smith played at Kentucky Wesleyan College, with whom he won the NCAA Division II championship in 1966. In the final 15 seconds of the game, Smith made a layup, breaking a 51-51 tie and giving Kentucky Wesleyan the victory over Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. After college, Smith was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in 1967 in the third round, but he never played in the NBA. From 1967 to 1971, he played in the ABA as a member of the Minnesota Muskies, Kentucky Colonels, and Utah Stars. He averaged 8.2 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in his ABA career and won a league championship with the Utah Stars in 1971. Smith played for the following teams in the ABA, the 1967–1968 Minnesota Muskies, the 1968–1970 Kentucky Colonels and the 1971 Utah Stars.
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Post by jimsteel on May 21, 2022 21:06:52 GMT -5
Mirro Roder, a former kicker in the NFL, passed away back in his native Czech Republic on July 9th, 2021 at the age of 77. This was confirmed by his daughter in the article below by JoAnne Kosey of the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark website. The following is Kosey's article: "The Chicago Bears have been making headlines this season and not for all the right reasons, as many armchair quarterbacks can attest. As we look ahead to what we hope will be a reborn Bears team, I’ll take us back to another time when there was a Riverside connection with George Halas’ boys. Mirro Roder played two seasons in the 1970s for the Chicago Bears and two games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a new expansion team at the time. He was born in what is now the Czech Republic in 1944 and would become the first Czechoslovakian-born player in the NFL. At 6-foot-1, 218-pounds he wasn’t your average NFL place-kicker. A soccer player growing up, Roder came to the United States in the late 1960s. In 1973, Roder was a 29-year-old construction worker who played soccer on the weekends and taught himself how to kick field goals when he was signed by the Bears after a free-agent tryout. He kept the position for two seasons when injuries caused him to leave the team. His career field goal percentage was just 53 percent, but Roder was good enough one year to be named to the Pro Bowl as a first-team All-Pro. After missing the 1975 season, he went on to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 during their inaugural season in the league. He played only two games and missed all three of the field goals he attempted. In 1977, he tried one more time but was let go during the preseason by the Cleveland Browns. While he did gain some notoriety on the field, his biggest fans were those young fans who discovered a real professional football player lived in Riverside. He built a house on Herrick Road, and family members still reside there. Youngsters and adults alike would drive or ride past the house for a chance to see a real professional football player and a Chicago Bear on top of it. He remained in Riverside with his family, but following a divorce he returned to the Czech Republic. His daughter, Michelle Roder, who still lives in the Riverside house, contacted me to inform me of her father’s passing on July 9, 2021. He had remarried in the Czech Republic but maintained contact with his family here. Michelle Roder was able to visit her father while he was sick, but traveling back and forth was difficult partly due to travel restrictions involving COVID -19. Roder says she enjoys hearing stories about her dad and how people liked to see him drive his car with his license plate bearing his number, 15." Roder played for the following teams during his 3 year NFL career: the 1972–1974 Chicago Bears and the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Post by TDalton on May 22, 2022 8:10:48 GMT -5
Jim Kelly, a former tight end in the NFL, passed away at the age of 80 on May 18th, 2022. Picture from the post is the wrong Jim Kelly. Happy to report the Bills HOF QB Jim Kelly is alive and well.
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Post by TTX on May 22, 2022 8:54:10 GMT -5
Jim Steel trying to cause confusion again.
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