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Post by jimsteel on May 22, 2023 20:12:16 GMT -5
Former Texas, New Mexico football player Jaden Hullaby dies at 21 Jaden Hullaby, a former football player at both New Mexico and Texas, has died, both schools announced Monday on social media. A relative of Hullaby posted Sunday on social media that he'd been missing since Friday and the family couldn't "track any of his devices." He'd last been spotted in Dallas, and there has been no official word on his cause of death. Hullaby spent the 2022 season at New Mexico, where he played both tight end and running back. He'd been recruited to Texas in 2020 and appeared in two games there that season. He redshirted in 2021 at Texas before transferring. "It's such devastating and tragic news to hear of Jaden's passing," Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said in a statement. "He was a great person and someone we all enjoyed being around, coaching and spending time with. All of our thoughts are with his family, friends and teammates, and we want to send our deepest condolences to them in such a difficult time." Hullaby, who was from Dallas, graduated from Mansfield Timberview High School and attended Bishop Dunne in Dallas as a junior in high school, where he won a state title. He caught two passes for 44 yards for New Mexico last season to go with 59 yards on 13 carries. He entered the transfer portal after the 2022 season at UNM.
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Post by jimsteel on May 23, 2023 18:21:46 GMT -5
A 2 SPORT STAR Cotton Nash a former MLB outfielder and NBA forward. passed away at the age of 80. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Nash played collegiately for Adolph Rupp's legendary University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, where he was named a first-team All-American in 1964. He went on to play in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Francisco Warriors during the 1964–65 NBA season. He had his most success in the American Basketball Association with the Kentucky Colonels, averaging 8.5 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.2 assists per game. While at the University of Kentucky, Nash also played on the Kentucky baseball team. In 1963, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. He went on to appear in 13 games over three MLB seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. One of those games was with the White Sox on September 10, 1967, in the ninth inning of Joe Horlen's no-hitter; he replaced Ken Boyer at first base and recorded all three putouts in the inning. Nash is one of 13 multi-sport athletes to have played in both the NBA and Major League Baseball. The others are: Danny Ainge, Frank Baumholtz, Hank Biasatti, Gene Conley, Chuck Connors, Dave DeBusschere, Dick Groat, Steve Hamilton, Mark Hendrickson, Nash, Ron Reed, Dick Ricketts and Howie Schultz.
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Post by jimsteel on May 23, 2023 18:23:51 GMT -5
Marv Edwards, a former NHL ice hockey goaltender, passed away at the age of 88. He played 61 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs, and California Golden Seals between 1969 and 1974. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1955 to 1974, was spent in various minor leagues. Internationally Edwards played for Canada at the 1959 World Championships, winning a gold medal.
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Post by jimsteel on May 27, 2023 10:55:34 GMT -5
Eldridge "Wayne" Coleman Jr., a former CFL defensive end for the Montreal Alouettes and better known by his wrestling ring name "Superstar" Billy Graham, passed away on May 17th at the age of 79. He gained recognition for his tenure as the WWWF Heavyweight Champion from 1977 to 1978 and was a three-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions. As an award-winning bodybuilder, he was a training partner and close friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was most remembered for revolutionizing the interview, which resembled the interviewing style of boxer Muhammad Ali, and physique aspects of the professional wrestling industry, and for his charismatic performance style. He originally tried out for the New York Jets but was unable to make the cut and went north, where he signed with the Calgary Stampeders. Prior to the 1968 season, he was traded to the Alouettes in 1968 where he played in two games. This sent him on a new path in the world of wrestling. In 1969, Coleman was encouraged by professional wrestler Bob Lueck to train with Stu Hart for the latter's Stampede Wrestling promotion. He trained under Hart in Calgary before debuting on January 16, 1970, in a match with Dan Kroffat. After wrestling briefly under his real name, Coleman traveled back to the United States in May, wrestling for a few months with Dr. Jerry Graham, Brick Darrow, Rick Cahill and Ron Pritchard in Arizona before he and Jerry joined the National Wrestling Alliance's Los Angeles promotion (run by Mike LeBell) as a tag team the following August. He changed his ring name to Billy Graham, as a tribute to the famous evangelist of the same name. Jerry also told him to dye his hair blonde with a bottle of Clairol. While wrestling in Championship Wrestling in Florida, the name served both as his ring name and to make him the (kayfabe) youngest brother of Jerry and the other Graham Brothers (Eddie and Luke). In late December, Graham went north to join Roy Shire's NWA San Francisco promotion, working with Pat Patterson (his tag-team partner), Ray Stevens, Cyclone Negro, and Peter Maivia.[7] Graham's nearly two-year run in central California included a stint wrestling in Hawaii in February and March 1972. It was during his Californian period that Graham developed a new aspect of his character; before a match he would stage an arm wrestling contest, encouraging public challenges to his title of "Arm Wrestling Champion of the World". He went on to be one of the most famous wrestlers of his era. He wrestlered in the American Wrestling Association, World Wide Wrestling Federation, the NWA, and the renamed WWE. On March 14, 2004, Graham was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004, the night before WrestleMania XX, by then-World Heavyweight Champion Triple H, whom Graham had helped inspire to become a professional wrestler. Graham later sold his WWE Hall of Fame ring to purchase anti-rejection medications to help treat his liver transplant.
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Post by jimsteel on May 27, 2023 11:27:14 GMT -5
Cal Poly's first individual champion, Eddie Mack, passes away at 95 Known as the first individual champion in Cal Poly history, Mack won the Track & Field’s first championship in any event capturing the California Collegiate Athletic Association long jump title in 1950. He would hold the record in that event for 11 years. Mack was also a standout on the football team starring as a running back and kick returner. However, Mack was known for much more than just his athletic achievements. In his time at Cal Poly he was a reporter for the Mustang Daily newspaper and treasurer for the Social Sciences Club. Before his final year at the school, Mack was drafted into the U.S. Army serving two years in the Korean War, where he served as a combat engineer and head of a supply department.
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Post by TTX on May 27, 2023 14:27:16 GMT -5
RIP to those who have passed.
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Post by jimsteel on May 28, 2023 11:55:06 GMT -5
Jim Copeland, a former halfback and defensive back in the CFL, passed away at the age of 84. Copeland played for the following CFL teams during his tenure in the league: 1960 Montreal Alouettes, 1961–1964 Saskatchewan Roughriders and the 1965–1968 Toronto Argonauts. Copeland played collegiately at the University of Utah before playing professionally. In an article on Riderville.com they wrote: Jim Copeland, whose key interception set up George Reed’s first of 137 touchdowns as a Saskatchewan Roughrider, has passed away at age 84. Copeland saw regular-season and playoff duties for the Green and White from 1961 to 1964, contributing as a defensive back and punt returner. He also played in the league with the Montreal Alouettes (1960) and Toronto Argonauts (1965 to 1968). After his rookie season with Montreal, he was traded to Saskatchewan on June 29, 1961 for halfback Frank Fraser. Back in the days — unimaginable now — when blocking was prohibited on punt returns, Copeland settled under 229 kicks as a Roughrider. It was one versus 12, but he embraced and excelled in the role, in addition to contributing in the defensive backfield for 61 regular-season and nine playoff games in green and white. After registering three interceptions in each of his first two seasons as a Roughrider, Copeland added two picks in 1963. On August 5th of that year, he intercepted Edmonton quarterback James Earl Wright early in the fourth quarter at Clarke Stadium. Copeland returned an interception to Edmonton’s 28-yard line. Bob Ptacek then hit Ray Purdin for a 19-yard completion, whereupon Reed — playing in his first CFL game — accepted three consecutive handoffs. He scored on the third play, from one yard out, to help Saskatchewan assume a 18-9 lead. The Roughriders went on to win 19-16. On Oct. 22, 1963, Copeland scored what proved to be his only CFL touchdown when he returned an interception 33 yards against the host Argonauts. Also in 1963, he led the Western Football Conference in punt-return yardage (352). The following year, he registered a career-high 72 punt returns — one of which produced a 28-yard advance. Copeland signed a new contract and rejoined the Roughriders in 1965, only to suffer a knee injury in the Green and White intrasquad game. He joined the Argonauts in September of that year and spent four typically productive CFL seasons in Toronto. Over his career, he registered 10 interceptions and returned 422 punts. He is fifth on the CFL’s all-time playoff list in punt returns (62). Copeland was named to the Argonauts’ modern-era (1945 to 1973) all-star team in 1974. In 1998, Copeland was inducted into the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame.
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Post by jimsteel on May 29, 2023 19:18:53 GMT -5
Dale Willis, a former MLB pitcher, passed away way at the age of 85. The following is an excerpt from Willis' online obituary: "After Dale graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1954, he attended the University of Florida on a baseball scholarship. He excelled at baseball and was inducted into the Gator Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977 and was also named to Gators Top 50 players of All Time. He led the Gators to the SEC championship in 1956. After college, he pitched for the Kansas City Athletics until injury forced his retirement in 1963. Dale retired as President from Sims Crane & Equipment Company in 1998 and spent his time enjoying his favorite pastimes, traveling in the RV, agitating Beth, and playing golf. He was also a dog lover and had many four-legged friends over the years." Before the 1960 season, Willis was signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent. He appeared in 26 games for the A's during the 1963 season and had a record of 0-2. Mr. Willis was able to live out a dream that most boys had during that period by becoming a Major Leaguer.
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Post by jimsteel on May 29, 2023 19:20:28 GMT -5
Mike Young, a MLB baseball outfielder, passed away at the age of 63. . He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1989, mostly as an outfielder and designated hitter. He played for the Baltimore Orioles for most of his major league career, but also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, and Cleveland Indians. In 1990, he played in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Young's best season was 1985, when he hit .273 with 28 home runs and 81 runs batted in for the Orioles. On May 28, 1987, Young became the fifth player in major league history to hit two extra-inning home runs in one game. He homered in the 10th inning and hit a walk-off home run in the 12th inning to beat the California Angels, 8–7, at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. Young was the Baltimore Orioles 1st round (11th) draft selection during the 1980 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Chabot College. During his career he had 454 hits and 235 RBI's with 72 Homeruns.
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Post by neilybob on May 29, 2023 20:34:21 GMT -5
RIP Mike young.
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