Not Just Fans. Hardcore Fans.|
|
Why register with the Steelers Fever Forums? • Intelligent and friendly discussions. • It's free and it's quick. Always. • Enter events in the forums calendar. • Very user friendly software. • Exclusive contests and giveaways. |
|
Donate to Steelers Fever, Click here |
Our 2013 Goal: $400.00 - To Date: $00.00 (00.00%) |
| Home | Forums | Editorials | Shop | Tickets | Downloads | Contact | Not Just Fans. Hardcore Fans. |
|
|||||||
Get FREE NFL Picks and College Football picks as well as Football Lines like live NFL Lines and updated NFL Power Rankings all at Doc's Sports Service.
 |
|
|
Thread Tools |
07-06-2005, 01:44 AM
|
#1 | ||||||||
|
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Central PA.
Posts: 8,144
Gender: Male
Member Number: 70
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Stramm passes away
Hank Stram, the most successful coach in American Football League history and a TV and radio broadcaster for nearly two decades, died yesterday in a suburban New Orleans hospital. He was 82.
Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs Coach Hank Stram is carried from the field after his team defeated the Minnesota Vikings on Jan. 11, 1970, in Super Bowl IV in New Orleans. Click photo for larger image. Mr. Stram died near his home in Covington, La., across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. He had been in declining health for several years, and his son attributed the death to complications from diabetes. Mr. Stram, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was credited with developing the 3-4 defense, the two-tight-end formation and the moving pocket. When his coaching career was over, he worked as an analyst for CBS, first on television and then in the radio booth, where he called "Monday Night Football" alongside Jack Buck. Mr. Stram did radio commentary for four Super Bowls, becoming the first person to participate in the National Football League championship game both as a winning coach, with the Kansas City Chiefs, and broadcaster. Mr. Stram, who had suffered from diabetes for several years, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Too weak to stand or walk on his own, he watched his prerecorded induction speech from a wheelchair. here's the rest... |
||||||||
|
|
|
07-06-2005, 11:26 AM
|
#2 | ||||||||
|
Founder
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,035
Gender: Male
Member Number: 1
Thanks: 9
Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts
|
Re: Stramm passes away
82, not a bad lifespan. My prayers are with his family.
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
07-06-2005, 11:54 AM
|
#3 | |||||||||
|
Assistant Coach
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Dayton, OH
Posts: 1,303
Member Number: 292
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Stramm passes away
Quote:
__________________
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
07-06-2005, 11:56 AM
|
#4 | ||||||||
|
Team President
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Bridgeport, NY
Posts: 2,361
Gender: Male
Member Number: 410
Thanks: 7
Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts
|
Re: Stramm passes away
Condolences to the Stramm family.
__________________
 "Life is a journey and you never arrive" Chuck Noll 1969-91 |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
07-06-2005, 02:24 PM
|
#5 | ||||||||
|
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 4,326
Gender: Female
Member Number: 86
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Stramm passes away
His family are in my thoughts and prayers.
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
07-06-2005, 05:29 PM
|
#6 | ||||||||
|
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Central PA.
Posts: 8,144
Gender: Male
Member Number: 70
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Stramm passes away
He was an innovator in the NFL, a legend in the greatest sense of the word.
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
07-06-2005, 07:23 PM
|
#7 | ||||||||
|
Living Legend
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 8,326
Member Number: 302
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Stramm passes away
Prayers from OhioSteelersFans . Stramm is still one of my favs to watch on NFL films
__________________
 [
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
