R.I.P. SPORTS RELATED 2023(Non Wrestlers) (*)

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List growing here too. RIP.

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Frank Molden, a former defensive end in the NFL, passed away at the age of 80.

As a defensive tackle in the National Football League, he played for the Los Angeles Rams, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. He played college football at Jackson State University and was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Molden was also selected in the fifth round of the 1965 AFL Draft by the Houston Oilers.

Mr. Molden played for the following teams during his career:
1965 Los Angeles Rams
1968 Philadelphia Eagles
1969 New York Giants

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Air Force offensive lineman Hunter Brown, 21, dies after suffering 'medical emergency'
Brown, a Lake Charles, LA native, appeared in two games for the Falcons in 2022

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Ahmaad Galloway, a former running back for Alabama and the NFL, passed away at the age of 42.

No cause of death was publicly released. Ahmaad played four years at the University of Alabama. He wore number 29 to honor his former high school teammate, Mario Reed, who suffered a severe spinal cord injury in a game. In his freshman year in 1999, he played sparingly behind former Crimson Tide running back and future NFL star Shaun Alexander. That year, he won an SEC Championship under head coach Mike Dubose.

Ahmaad's junior year of 2001, gave Crimson Tide fans glimpses of greatness. He rushed for over 230 yards in his second game against the Vanderbilt Commodores. However, his most notable game was against the Tide's biggest rival Auburn University. He rushed for over 130 yards to lead the Tide to a victory over the Tigers. Galloway carried the ball 174 times for 881 yards and six touchdowns that season.

In the spring of 2003, Galloway was drafted in the seventh round by the Denver Broncos. However, Galloway was forced to sit out during the 2003 season due to the injury he suffered in his senior year at the University of Alabama. Very aware of Galloway's enormous potential, Denver labeled him as their "future". Upon reaching full recovery, Ahmaad was sent to the Scottish Claymores, Denver's NFL Europe affiliate. As the Claymore's feature back, Galloway achieved great recognition for his accomplishments during the NFL Europe season. The aforementioned title was soon short lived, as he was traded to the San Diego Chargers after the 2003 season. Before arriving in San Diego, Galloway spent time with the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe. At the completion of the 2004 season, Ahmaad Galloway was released from the San Diego Chargers.

Condolences to his family and friends and may he Rest in Peace.

This article was directly sourced from Galloway's Wikipedia page.

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Charles White, a former NFL football player who was a running back, passed away at the age of 64

No cause of death has been publicly released.

He played college football for the University of Southern California, where he was an All-American and the winner of the Heisman Trophy. A first-round pick (27th overall) in the 1980 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Cleveland Browns and the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL.

White attended the University of Southern California, where he played for the USC Trojans football team. In 1978, White won the W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding college football player on the Pacific Coast. In 1979, he received the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award, and was named UPI Player of the Year. He is the second player in Rose Bowl history (of four, total) to be honored as Player of the Game twice (1979 and 1980).

White was selected in the 1st round, 27th overall pick in the 1980 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. After four disappointing seasons in Cleveland, where he rushed for a total of 942 yards and had a 3.4 yards per carry average, White was released before the start of the 1985 season. White later acknowledged that he struggled with cocaine addiction during this period.

After his release from the Browns in 1985, he reunited with his college coach, John Robinson, who was then coaching the Los Angeles Rams. White would play for the Rams for four seasons, 1985–1988. In 1987, he rushed for a league-leading 1,387 yards and 11 touchdowns, which earned him a Pro Bowl selection and the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.

White finished his NFL career with 3,075 rushing yards and 23 rushing touchdowns, along with 114 receptions, 860 yards and one receiving touchdown.

Here are all the awards White collected over his career.

NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1987)
First-team All-Pro (1987)
Pro Bowl (1987)
NFL rushing yards leader (1987)
NFL rushing touchdowns co-leader (1987)
National champion (1978)
Heisman Trophy (1979)
Maxwell Award (1979)
Chic Harley Award (1979)
Walter Camp Award (1979)
UPI Player of the Year (1979)
Sporting News Player of the Year (1979)
2× Pac-10 Player of the Year (1978, 1979)
2× Unanimous All-American (1978, 1979)
USC Trojans No. 12 retired

Condolences to his family and friends and may he Rest in Peace.

This article was directly sourced using White's Wikipedia page.

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Philemon Mulala: Former Zambian soccer star, 60, mauled to death by his own three dogs

Philemon Mulala tragically died aged 60 after being horrifically mauled by his three dogs in his own back garden

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Damn. That is one sucky way to go.

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Lee Tinsley, a former MLB outfielder, who played from 1993–1997 with the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies passed away at the age of 53.

No public cause has been released. He was most recently the assistant hitting coach for the Cincinnati Reds.

Tinsley was drafted in the 1st round of the 1987 MLB draft out of Shelby County High School in Shelbyville, Kentucky. He began his professional career that year with the Medford A's of the Northwest League. In 1989 and 1990 he played with the Madison Muskies of the Midwest League. In 1991, he was promoted to the AA Huntsville Stars of the Southern League, where he hit .224 in 92 games.
On July 26, 1991, he was traded by the Athletics (along with another minor leaguer) to the Cleveland Indians for Brook Jacoby. He played with the Canton–Akron Indians of the Eastern League through 1992. He was then promoted to the AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox to finish the 1992 season.

Tinsley was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners on September 21, 1992. He spent most of 1993 with the Calgary Cannons in the Pacific Coast League, where he hit .302 in 111 games. He made his Major League debut on April 6, 1993, against the Toronto Blue Jays, pinch hitting in the fifth inning and remaining in the game to play left field. He walked once and struck out once in two plate appearances.

Tinsley collected his first Major League hit on April 11, 1993, with a ninth-inning pinch-hit single off Baltimore's Gregg Olson, eventually scoring the tying run to send the game into extra-innings. He hit his first home run on July 21, 1993, off Steve Farr of the New York Yankees. In 11 games with the Mariners, he had three hits in 19 at-bats for a .158 batting average.

Tinsley was traded to the Boston Red Sox on March 22, 1994, for a player to be named later. He hit .222 in 78 games for them in 1994, while tying a club record by going 13-for-13 in stolen base attempts in his first full year in the majors. He opened the 1995 campaign with a 14-game hitting streak, while also making good on his first 2 stolen base attempts of the year to run his streak to a team record 15 in a row dating back to 1994. Lee later had a career-best 15-game hitting streak from June 10–25, finishing the campaign with a .284 average in 100 games for Boston.

On January 29, 1996, the Red Sox traded Tinsley (along with Glenn Murray and Ken Ryan) to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Heathcliff Slocumb and two minor leaguers. He appeared in 31 games for the Phillies before being dealt back to Boston on June 9. He appeared in 92 of the Red Sox's final 102 games and hit .245.

Tinsley was dealt back to Seattle prior to the 1997 season, which was an injury-riddled campaign for Tinsley, who started 19 of Seattle's first 24 games, but was eventually sidelined in May with an injured right elbow. He was then activated on August 1, returning to the lineup two days later, but was placed back on the D.L. on August 21. He hit only .197 that season in 49 games.

Tinsley never returned to the Majors but he spent 1998–99 in AAA with the affiliates of the Anaheim Angels, Montreal Expos and Cincinnati Reds. In 2000, he played in the independent Western Baseball League with the Valley Vipers and then moved to the Mexican League where he finished off the season.

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FORMER WBA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP GERRIE COETZEE DIES AT AGE 67

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Robbie Knievel, Daredevil Son Of Evel Knievel Dead At 60

Robbie, also known as "Kaptain Robbie Knievel," followed in his dad's footsteps from a young age -- jumping his bike at only 4 years old, and first performing at Evel's show at Madison Square Garden when he was 8.

He went on to perform over 350 jumps in his career, setting world records for 20 of them. One of the most memorable was successfully jumping the fountains at Caesars Palace in 1989 -- a feat his father tried and failed at in the past.