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Re: 2025 Obituaries

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:30 pm
by Ronfitch
Tom Brown, safety, Packers 1964-'68 and Washington for one game under Lombardi in '69.

Brown started in three straight NFL championship games from 1965-67 and in Super Bowls I and II. The highlight of his career was a game-saving interception in the closing seconds of the Packers' 34-27 victory over Dallas in the 1966 NFL title game.

https://www.packers.com/news/lombardi-e ... dies-at-84

Re: 2025 Obituaries

Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 6:13 pm
by nicefellow31
Frank Parker, former defensive lineman for Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New York Giants passed away on 23 April at the age of 85.

Since we are researchers, see if you can find the error in the obituary.

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituari ... ank-parker

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... rkFr20.htm

Re: 2025 Obituaries

Posted: Sun May 04, 2025 11:20 am
by Eagles One
Dick Lasse, former linebacker with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins, New York Giants & Hamilton Tiger-Cats died on April 28th, at the age of 89:


https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/na ... d=58308781


https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... ssDi20.htm

Re: 2025 Obituaries

Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 12:39 pm
by Eagles One
Tommy Vigorito, former special teams player with the Miami Dolphins died on May 13th, at age 65:


https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/spo ... 623081007/


https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... goTo00.htm

Re: 2025 Obituaries

Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 12:42 pm
by Eagles One
Bobby Franklin, former safety with the Cleveland Browns died on May 13th at age 88:


https://www.tributearchive.com/obituari ... y-franklin


https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... anBo20.htm

Re: 2025 Obituaries

Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 8:11 pm
by JWL
nicefellow31 wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 6:13 pm Frank Parker, former defensive lineman for Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New York Giants passed away on 23 April at the age of 85.

Since we are researchers, see if you can find the error in the obituary.

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituari ... ank-parker

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... rkFr20.htm
the error is here-

"He played in the World Championship Game in 1964, when the Browns beat the Colts 27-0. It was the next year when the NFL game was merged and renamed The Super Bowl."


It was two years later. Not the next year.