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Title: RIP Hall of Fame QB Y.A. Tittle
Post by: bayonetbrant on October 09, 2017, 01:43:46 PM
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20967731/ya-tittle-pro-football-hall-famer-dies-age-90

QuoteY.A. Tittle, the Hall of Fame quarterback and 1963 NFL MVP, has died. He was 90.

His family confirmed to LSU, where Tittle starred in college, that he died Sunday night at Stanford Hospital near his home in Atherton, California.

Known as "The Bald Eagle" as much for his sturdy leadership as his prematurely receding hairline, Tittle played 17 seasons of pro football. He began with the All-America Football Conference's Baltimore Colts in 1948 and finished with the NFL's New York Giants. He played 10 years in between with the San Francisco 49ers but had his greatest success in New York, leading the Giants to three division titles in four years in a remarkable late-career surge.

Tittle never won a championship but came to personify the competitive spirit of football, thanks to an iconic photo taken by Dozier Mobley during Tittle's final season in 1964.

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Title: Re: RIP Hall of Fame QB Y.A. Tittle
Post by: MetalDog on October 09, 2017, 08:40:48 PM
RIP Yelberton Abraham Tittle (and yes I knew that without looking it up(although, I did NOT know he was a Junior before I looked it up to make sure I remembered the Yelberton Abraham part correctly)).