Obituaries

Illinois offensive lineman Alex Palczewski runs on the field with the Land of Lincoln Trophy after Illinois defeated Northwestern 41-3 in an NCAA college football game in Evanston, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Illinois rips Northwestern, falls short in Big Ten West bid

By Matt Carlson Nov. 26, 2022 07:06 PM EST

FILE - Jake Crouthamel, athletic director at Syracuse University, announces his retirement during a news conference in Syracuse, N.Y., on Nov. 17, 2004. Crouthamel, a star two-way halfback at Dartmouth in the late 1950s and an accomplished football coach before finding his ultimate niche as athletic director at Syracuse University died Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Hanover, N.H., according to the Wendell F. Hartley, Jr. of the Rand-Wilson Funeral Home. He was 84. (John Berry/The Post-Standard via AP, File)

Former Syracuse athletic director Jake Crouthamel dies at 84

Nov. 09, 2022 05:30 PM EST

Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett (13) looks for a receiver as Florida linebacker Antwaun Powell-Ryland Jr. (52) rushes during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Tennessee put title hopes on the line

By Charles Odum Nov. 03, 2022 09:34 AM EDT

FILE - Georgia football coach Vince Dooley is carried off the field after Georgia defeated Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl college football game Jan. 1, 1981, in New Orleans. Vince Dooley, the football coach who carried himself like a professor and guided Georgia for a quarter-century of success that included the 1980 national championship, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. He was 90. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)

A timeline of Vince Dooley's life and career

By Paul Newberry Oct. 28, 2022 05:21 PM EDT

FILE - Georgia running back Herschel Walker, right, brings a smile to the face of his coach Vince Dooley as he announces that he would play football next year at Georgia rather than the USFL, Feb. 8, 1983 in Athens, Ga. Vince Dooley, the football coach who carried himself like a professor and guided Georgia for a quarter-century of success that included the 1980 national championship, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. He was 90. (AP Photo/Joe Holloway Jr., File)

Vince Dooley, longtime Georgia football coach, dies at 90

By Paul Newberry Oct. 28, 2022 05:15 PM EDT

Skydiver dies in Tennessee high school football pregame jump

Oct. 23, 2022 11:41 AM EDT
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (AP) — A skydiver has died after his hard landing from a pregame jump at a Tennessee high school football stadium on Friday, officials said. ...

Former Georgia Tech football coach Bill Fulcher dies at 88

Sep. 24, 2022 11:03 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Bill Fulcher, who coached Georgia Tech's football team for two seasons in the 1970s in what remains the shortest tenure in the school's modern era,...

University of Arizona football coach Darrell Mudra is flanked by his two quarterbacks, Mark Driscoll, left and Bruce Lee as they hold a copy of telegram from Apollo 8 commander Col. Frank Borman, an Arizona native, on Dec. 28, 1968, in El Paso, Texas. The telegram was sent to the team in El Paso by Borman's wife, Sue Borman, an alumni of Arizona, wishing them well in their Sun Bowl game with Auburn University. Mudra, a College Football Hall of Fame coach, who won better than 70% of his games and two national championships in a career spanning the 1950s through 1980s, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2022, The National Football Foundation said. He was 93. (AP Photo/Ferd Kaufman)

Darrell Mudra, successful coach at all levels, dies at 93

Sep. 22, 2022 04:54 PM EDT

FILE - Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields is sacked by Clemson defensive lineman Bryan Bresee during the second half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, Jan. 1, 2021. Bresee was named to the Associated Press preseason All-America team, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Clemson DT Bresee will miss La Tech due to sister's death

Sep. 17, 2022 12:17 PM EDT

Former New York Mets' John Stearns waves during Old-Timers' Day ceremony before a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the New York Mets on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, in New York. Stearns, a four-time time All-Star catcher with the New York Mets, has died after a long battle with cancer, the Mets announced Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. He was 71. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Rockies at Mets 8/27/2022

Sep. 16, 2022 01:23 PM EDT

FILE - Chicago Cubs first baseman Larry Biittner scores behind New York Mets catcher John Stearns during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, on June 26, 1978. . Stearns, a four-time time All-Star catcher with the New York Mets, has died after a long battle with cancer, the Mets announced Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. He was 71. (AP Photo/Larry Stoddard, File)

Former All-Star catcher John Stearns dies at 71

Sep. 16, 2022 12:28 PM EDT

FILE - Inductee Frank Cignetti Sr., former coach at West Virginia University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, speaks during the National Football Foundation Enshrinement Ceremony on Aug. 28, 2013, in Atlanta. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where Cignetti won 182 games from 1986-2005, announced on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 that Cignetti had passed away at 84. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Hall of Fame coach Frank Cignetti Sr. dies at 84

Sep. 10, 2022 05:12 PM EDT

Clemson's former athletic trainer Fred Hoover dies at 92

Sep. 06, 2022 06:23 PM EDT
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Longtime former Clemson athletic trainer Fred Hoover, who served in that role for 40 years, has died. He was 92. Hoover,...

Ouachita Baptist DL Clark Yarbrough dies at 21

Sep. 05, 2022 12:22 PM EDT
ARKADEPLHIA, Ark. (AP) — Ouachita Baptist defensive lineman Clark Yarbrough died Sunday after collapsing suddenly, the school said in a social media post. ...

FILE -Mississippi linebacker Luke Knox (16) celebrates a fumble recovery against Arkansas during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Oxford, Miss. Knox, who appeared in 23 games at Mississippi before joining Florida International, has died, the university said. Knox died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, school officials said. The cause was not revealed, though the university said early Thursday that police “do not suspect foul play."(Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle via AP)

At FIU, the process of grieving Luke Knox is just beginning

By Tim Reynolds Aug. 19, 2022 04:14 PM EDT

FIU football player Knox, brother of Bills TE, dies at 22

By Tim Reynolds Aug. 18, 2022 09:23 AM EDT

FILE - Former Texas fullback Steve Worster stands in front of a painting of himself while talking with reporters during induction ceremonies at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, in Waco, Texas. Worster, the powerful fullback in a bruising wishbone offense that led Texas to the undisputed national championship in 1969 and the brink of another a year later, died Aug. 13, 2022, the school announced. He was 73. (Duane A. Laverty/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP, File)

Wishbone fullback Worster of great Texas teams dead at 73

Aug. 15, 2022 04:48 PM EDT

FILE - Allan Roth, left, statistician of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sits in the booth with broadcaster Vin Scully in August 1963 in Los Angeles. Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, Aug. 2, 2022, the team said. He was 94. (AP Photo/Harold Filan, File)

Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94

By Beth Harris Aug. 02, 2022 11:43 PM EDT

Former Georgia star, NFL RB Lars Tate dies of cancer at 56

Aug. 02, 2022 06:13 PM EDT
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Lars Tate, part of a long line of Georgia running back greats who went on to play three seasons in the NFL with Tampa Bay and Chicago, has died,...