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RIP: Ron Widby (P: 1967-71) Rest in peace: Former Cowboy Ron Widby passed away today (12/23/2020) at the age of 75. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/12/23/former-cowboys-packers-punter-ron-widby-dies-at-75/ https://tshf.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Screen-Shot-2017-06-22-at-11.12.46-AM.p...

RIP: Dick Van Raaphorst (K: 1964) Rest in peace: Former Cowboy Dick Van Raaphorst passed away at the age of 77 on Oct. 3, 2020, in San Diego. He also played for the Chargers. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sandiegouniontribune/obituary.aspx?n=richard-van-raaphorst&pid=196952851 https://i.imgu...

Sorry for the delayed notice, but I just found out that LB Russell Wayt passed away on Jan 10, 2020.

https://www.news-journal.com/obituaries ... f6c7e.html

He played for the Dallas Cowboys in 1965 after his college days at Rice. Rest in peace.

This looks interesting. Does anyone know the author or know anything more about this?

Pro Football in the 1960s: The NFL, the AFL and the Sport's Coming of Age Paperback – June 16, 2020
by Patrick Gallivan (Author)

https://smile.amazon.com/Pro-Football-1 ... 476678316/

Former Dallas Cowboy Pettis Norman (TE: 1962-70) is writing an autobiography. I've seen no publication date announced, or a title.

But he does have a webpage: https://pettisnorman.com/book/

and a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PettisNormanBook/

Former Rams and Chargers coach Harland Svare has died at 89:

https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/f ... 7dd12.html

Former Viking Milt Sunde has passed:

https://www.vikings.com/news/milt-sunde ... rmer-guard

I found a sixteen-page history of the 1952 Dallas Texans in the Spring, 2005 issue of "Legacies" published by the Dallas Historical Society. The article starts on page 40 and runs through page 55: "Gone and Forgotten: The Dallas Texans of 1952" https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/6...

Former Chief and Cowboy Gloster Richardson passed away on Thu Feb 27:

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/k ... 17201.html

fgoodwin wrote:I'm seeing a Facebook post that Bob Fry, former Ram, Cowboy, and Brown, died last night. No link to a formal obit yet

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2493215 ... 963739027/

Obit for Bob Fry:

https://www.andrewsmortuary.com/obituary/robert-bob-fry