2015 Obituaries

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Bill Larson, who played with the 1960 Boston Patriots, died on September 19:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/rrstar ... =175896114

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... rsBi20.htm
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Lindy Infante, who was head coach of the Packers and Colts, along with being an assistant with numerous teams, died this morning in Florida at the age of 75:

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/ ... 79781.html
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Sam Adams, who played with the Patriots from 1972-80, and one final year with the Saints in '81 has died:

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england-pat ... dies-at-67

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... amSa20.htm
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Allen Aldridge, who played with the Oilers in 1971-72 and the Browns in 1974, died on September 30:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/housto ... =176043613

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... drAl20.htm
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Tyrone Young, a wide receiver for the Saints in 1983-84, died Thursday night at the age of 55 from cancer:

http://www.gainesville.com/article/2015 ... /151019771

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... unTy00.htm
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Bob Jensen, who played for Chicago in the AAFC in 1948-49 and the first incarnation of the Colts in 1950, died on October 8. Interestingly, PFR has him dying in December 1984. :shock: :

http://obituaries.desertsun.com/obituar ... =176121310

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... nsBo20.htm
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Jack Johnson, who played for the Bears from 1957-59, before then playing in the AFL with the Bills (1960-61) and Texans (1961), died at the age of 81:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicag ... =176144400

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... hnJa21.htm
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Bruce Hansen, who played six games with the 1987 Patriots after making the team as a replacement player, died at the age of 54:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... amily.html

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... elog/1987/
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Gorden Kelley, a LB who played for San Francisco and Washington from 1960-1963, died on Octobr 22. He was 77 years old.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... llGo20.htm

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbe ... fhid=14812
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Joe Kraus, who was an AFL referee/official from 1961-68, died on October 23, nine days before his 89th birthday:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fltime ... =176213006
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