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Dick was a class act.

Dave Behrman, who played with the Bills in 1963 and '65, and Broncos in '67, died at the age of 73 from pancreatic cancer: http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2014/12/09/msu-football-behrman-daugherty/20159235/ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BehrDa00.htm

To me, the answer to this question is Fran Tarkenton. I remember reading Tarkenton said that in his prime he could throw the ball about 59 yards in the air. He retired having won more games as a starting QB than any other QB in history. Late in his career, from 1974 on, the results of injuries and ...

Former NFL assistant Anthero "Nick" Nicolau died on Saturday at the age of 81. He served as an assistant for 21 years:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12000 ... ch-dies-81

Charlie Flowers who played with the Chargers and Titans from 1960-62, died last night at the age of 77:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/olem ... /20072375/

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... owCh00.htm

In reading about the Eagles-Redskins game in Washington that day, the most memorable aspect was probably the anecdote from some of the players about hearing the PA guy announce over and over that an attendee (since plenty of army and navy officials were at the game) should report immediately to his ...

The fact that two writers from the Bay Area are (the ony ones?) making this claim immediately brings into question their credibility.

Jim Swink, who played in five games for the AFL Dallas Texans in 1960, died yesterday at the age of 78:

http://www.foxsports.com/college-footba ... ies-120314

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... inJi00.htm

Pete Rodriguez, who was one of the first Hispanic coaches in the NFL and coached with five different NFL teams, the USFL and CFL, died on Sunday from complications after surgery:

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/12/ ... iguez.html

One indication of how bad the Raiders have been over the last decade, and especially in the last 3-4 years: 12/11/11: Trailed GB 31-0 at Lambeau. losing 46-16 12/29/13: Trailed Denver 31-0 at home, losing 34-14 Way back on 9/17/61, they trailed the Chargers 30-0 before losing 44-0. That was one week...