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Posted: **Sat Apr 18, 2015 6:11 pm**

Alfred Taubman, who owned the USFL's Michigan Panthers in 1983-84 and then the merged Oakland Invaders in 1985, died last night at the age of 91:

http://investors.taubman.com/news/press ... fault.aspx

Posted: **Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:35 pm**

Hall of Famer Bob St. Clair has died:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... dies-at-84

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... .CBo00.htm

Posted: **Tue Apr 21, 2015 1:06 am**

BD Sullivan wrote:Hall of Famer Bob St. Clair has died:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... dies-at-84

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... .CBo00.htm

I recall a Sport Magazine profile of Bob St. Clair titled "The 49er Who Eats Raw Meat."

Posted: **Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:58 pm**

Bob St. Clair, Hall of Fame Tackle for the 49ers has passed away.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... dies-at-84

(my apologies for being redundant)

Posted: **Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:35 pm**

Former Detroit & Washington DB Jim Steffen died April 23, aged 79.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washin ... =174720436

http://www.nfl.com/player/jimsteffen/2526449/profile

Posted: **Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:37 pm**

Former San Francisco & Washington OL/DL Bob Toneff died March 15, aged 84.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/marini ... =174722539

http://www.nfl.com/player/bobtoneff/2527523/profile

Posted: **Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:25 am**

1947 Bears draftee Verne Gagne passed away yesterday at the age of 89

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/04/2 ... ead-at-89/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verne_Gagne

Posted: **Sat May 02, 2015 1:34 am**

Laverne Torczon died on April 18 at the age of 79. He played with the Bills, Jets and Dolphins from 1960-66, and was drafted by the Browns in 1957:

http://www.omaha.com/huskers/former-hus ... 69002.html

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... rcLa00.htm

Posted: **Sat May 02, 2015 8:24 pm**

Although not a player or coach, Frank Olivo, the infamous Santa Claus who was pelted with snowballs and insults by the Philadelphia Eagles fans in 1968, died on April 30. He was 66 years old.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/frank-oliv ... --nfl.html

Posted: **Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:57 am**

Even though two months of obits have disappeared, former Giant Pete Athas died in Miami on June 28. He also played with the Browns, Vikings and Saints:

http://www.knoxnews.com/govolsxtra/foot ... 7_22633973

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... haPe20.htm

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