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• Bob Jeter, All-Pro for Packers, Is Dead at 71

  Mr. Jeter was a former All-Pro cornerback who played in the first two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers. Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 11:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Green Bay Packers, Jeter, Bob

• Gene Hickerson, Cleveland Browns Hall of Famer, Dies at 73

  Mr. Hickerson was a right guard whose blocking helped Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly and Bobby Mitchell make the shrine. Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 9:43 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Cleveland Browns

• Craig Fertig, Mainstay at U.S.C, Dies at 66

  Mr. Fertig was a record-setting quarterback for the University of Southern California who later became the Trojans’ television voice. Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 8:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: College Athletics, Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Television, University of Southern California

• Milt Davis, a Cornerback on 2 Title-Winning Teams, Dies at 79

  Mr. Davis was an All-Pro defensive back who helped the Baltimore Colts win two National Football League championships in the 1950s. Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), National Football League, Baltimore Colts

• *** Lynch, Giants Star Who Became a Broadcaster, Dies at 72

  Mr. Lynch twice led the N.F.L. in interceptions as a defensive back for the New York Giants and who later spent 40 years as a radio broadcaster for the team Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, New York Giants, Deaths (Obituaries), National Football League, Radio

• Wally Hilgenberg, Former Vikings Linebacker, Dies at 66

  Mr. was a former linebacker who helped propel the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances in the 1970s. Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:12 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), National Football League, Minnesota Vikings

• Eddie Crowder, Fixture of Colorado Athletics, Is Dead at 77

  Mr. Crowder spent nearly half a century at the University of Colorado as a football coach, athletic director and mentor. Posted Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Coaches and Managers, Crowder, Eddie, University of Colorado

• James Orthwein, 84, N.F.L. Owner, Dies

  Mr. Orthwein, an advertising executive and investor, was a former owner of the New England Patriots and played a role in the Rams’ move from Los Angeles to St. Louis. Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 2:36 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), National Football League, New England Patriots, St Louis Rams, Orthwein, James Busch

• Gene Upshaw, N.F.L. Union Chief, Dies

  Mr. Upshaw, the longtime head of the N.F.L. players association and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was 63. Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:57 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), National Football League, Upshaw, Gene

• John Pont, Who Coached Indiana to Rose Bowl, Dies at 80

  Mr. Pont was a football-coaching lifer who was best remembered for taking Indiana University to its first bowl game in 1968. Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:32 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Indiana University, Pont, John

• Charlie Jones, 77, Pioneer Sportscaster, Is Dead

  Mr. Jones was the deep-voiced sportscaster whose career as a play-by-play announcer dated to the beginning of the American Football League in 1960. Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 3:08 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Jones, Charlie

• John Rauch, 80, Coached Raiders and Bills in N.F.L., Is Dead

  Mr. Rauch coached the Oakland Raiders in the second Super Bowl and was later O. J. Simpson’s first coach in professional football with the Buffalo Bills. Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Rauch, John

• Dwight White, 58, Mad Dog of Vaunted Steel Curtain, Is Dead

  White, the defensive end known as Mad Dog, helped lead the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s. Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 8:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Pittsburgh Steelers

• Will Robinson, 96, Top Scout, Dies

  Mr. Robinson broke racial barriers as a college basketball coach and discovered talented players as a scout for both professional basketball and football teams. Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:26 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, Football, Deaths (Obituaries)

• Ray Smith Poole, 86, Star With Giants and Ole Miss, Is Dead

  Mr. Poole was a former Giants All-Pro end and a three-sport star at the University of Mississippi. Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 9:58 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, New York Giants, Deaths (Obituaries), Poole, Ray Smith