Whether it was due to tragic accidents, illness, or other heartbreaking circumstances, these players left us far too soon.

Derrick Gaffney, former wide receiver who played with the New York Jets in the late 1970s and early-to-mid-1980s, died ...

Craig Wolfley, a former NFL offensive lineman who spent most of his 12-year career playing for Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh ...

a former NFL player who died in a car accident when she was in high school. Marin and Glenn are February recipients of the CalHOPE Courage Award.

Former NFL receiver Paul Flatley, the UPI’s NFL offensive rookie of the year in 1963, has died. He was 84. A fourth-round pick of the Vikings (he was also drafted by the AFL’s Broncos), Flatley spent ...

Craig was an outstanding player who brought both toughness and heart ... Pittsburgh selected Wolfley out of Syracuse in the fifth round of the 1980 NFL Draft. After ten years in black and yellow ...

Derrick Gaffney, the wide receiver who teamed with Wesley Walker to help provide the Jets of the late 1970s and early-to-mid-1980s with one of the greatest downfield passing dimensions in franchise ...