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Sam Mills was born in Neptune City, New Jersey. [1] While growing up in Long Branch, New Jersey, he loved to tag along with his older brother and play pickup football games with the bigger boys. [2] Mills attended high school at Long Branch High School, where he was a standout football player and wrestler. In 1976 and 1977, he won District ...
The Carolina Panthers linebacker’s legacy has kept pounding even after he died of cancer in 2005. His biggest honor will come Saturday — Mills will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In 2010, Jackson became the first Saints player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [22] Sam Mills later signed with the Carolina Panthers, with whom he earned a Pro Bowl trip and two All-Pro selections, and later was an assistant coach with the team. [6] Mills died in 2005 after two years of battling intestinal cancer. [23]
For professional football players, the most common cause of death is vehicle crashes. For college players, the most common cause of death is in-game and practice injuries. Each player is listed with the team to which he was assigned at the time of his death, rather than the team with which he spent most of his career. Players who were free ...
Sam Mills was too short for the NFL, and his life was much too short, but he proved himself too good to keep out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Carolina keeps pounding out praise for little Mr ...
Sam Mills, the former Panther star who invented the “Keep Pounding” slogan, was inducted posthumously. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...