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Marty Schottenheimer passes away…
https://citizenfreepress.com ^ | Posted by Kane on February 9, 2021 9:41 am

Posted on 02/09/2021 8:10:18 AM PST by Red Badger

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Former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer has passed away. Schottenheimer, who played linebacker for the Buffalo Bills before going into coaching, died on Monday at the age of 77.

Schottenheimer passed away peacefully with his family by his side. He had been battling Alzheimer’s since 2014.

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Born in Canonsburg, Pa., in 1943, Schottenheimer lived and breathed football, playing linebacker through high school and into college, at the University of Pittsburgh. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts and in the seventh round of the AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills, opting to play for Buffalo.

After spending four years on the Bills and earning an AFL Championship, Schottenheimer played two seasons with the Boston Patriots before bouncing from the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Baltimore Colts and then retiring in 1971.


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1 posted on 02/09/2021 8:10:18 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

I hate Alzheimer’s.

Lost my mom to it when I was 36.


2 posted on 02/09/2021 8:15:05 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Red Badger

I read he went into hospice the other day. The average hospice stay in the US is around 19 days—so we knew this was coming.

He was a great coach and brought a lot of enjoyment to a lot of lives.

Rest in peace.


3 posted on 02/09/2021 8:15:57 AM PST by Vermont Lt (We have entered "Insanity Week." Act accordingly.)
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To: Red Badger

Great guy, good coach. Playing in the NFL probably led to his alzheimer’s disease.

RIP Marty.


4 posted on 02/09/2021 8:17:22 AM PST by brownsfan (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: brownsfan

Since you’re good at diagnosis, what was my mothers cause?


5 posted on 02/09/2021 8:20:51 AM PST by Quick Shot
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Mary Wilson of the Supremes passed away today too....ugh


6 posted on 02/09/2021 8:24:09 AM PST by basalt
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To: Quick Shot

“Since you’re good at diagnosis, what was my mothers cause?”

Sorry for your loss, but that doesn’t justify you being a jerk.

Marty was a pretty decent linebacker in the days when a concussion was “getting your bell rung”. It’s not unreasonable to wonder if that led to his demise.

I’ll wish you better days.


7 posted on 02/09/2021 8:28:55 AM PST by brownsfan (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: Red Badger

Marty was a great coach but just couldn’t win the big games. Oddly, hismonly championship was as head coach of the Virginia Destroyers of the defunct UFL.


8 posted on 02/09/2021 8:44:05 AM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: usafa92
The Cleveland Browns of the late 1980s were some of the best teams that didn't play in the Super Bowl.

I suspect part of the problem was that they played an NFC style of game that came up short against the Denver Broncos. I'm convinced that if they had won those playoff games against Denver, the Browns never would have had suffered the lopsided Super Bowl losses against the Giants and Redskins that Denver did.

9 posted on 02/09/2021 8:56:07 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: brownsfan
Great guy, good coach. Playing in the NFL probably led to his alzheimer’s disease. RIP Marty

Partner, I remember that Hall of Fame speech that he gave to the audience when his "Linebacker Derrick Thomas" was inducted into the Hall of Fame and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame posthumously.

This speech changed my mind about Marty for all time.

May he RIP.

He got the Alzheimer's from playing when there was hardly any equipment protection for football players.

10 posted on 02/09/2021 9:46:20 AM PST by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business...)
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To: Red Badger

RIP.


11 posted on 02/09/2021 1:58:51 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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