Bill Walsh has died

[Scott Greczkowski]

CNN is reporting that San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh has died.

No more details at the moment.

 

[webbydude]

Damn...you beat me to it with the post.

Here are some of the details:

3-time Super Bowl champion coach Walsh dies - NFL - MSNBC.com

 

[RandallA]

I was listening to KNBR radio when they announced here in the SF Bay Area. It's really sad to see him go. He did so much for the Bay Area sports and specially for the 49ers.

Bill Walsh RIP.

 

[NightRyder]

RIP Coach.

NightRyder

 

[mikew]

Tom Snyder passed away today as well.

 

[Ramy]

Wow, this was a surprise.

 

[iceturkee]

sad day indeed. not only was walsh a great coach but quite an innovator.

 

[JAG72]

This is a Sad day for football. A true offensive genius was lost today.

 

[Bijou Media]

He was a great coach, and a class act.

 

[dfergie]

Great Coach, R.I.P.

 

[salsadancer7]

A total class act! AND without a doubt, one of the THE top 3 coaches of all time.



R.I.P.

 

[riffjim4069]

Tom Snyder passed away today as well.

I always liked Tom Snyder for some crazy reason, and respected Coach Walsh. I just read the obits and noticed both men died of leukemia.

 

[Ramy]

I had no idea that he was an assistant coach for the Bengals before he went to the 49'ers. How could they have let him get away?

 

[RandallA]

Amazing how many players and coaches Walsh influenced:

Bill Walsh, Hall of Fame football coach, loses fight with leukemia

 

[Bijou Media]

Good article
He was a visionary that's for sure a trait not shared by many.

 

[mdonnelly]

Good article
He was a visionary that's for sure a trait not shared by many.

Walsh was a wonderful man and a great coach, but he was influenced by visionaries too: Sid Gillman & Don Coryell.

 

[iceturkee]

air coryell.......his charger teams from the early 80's were the best never to play in a super bowl. i was stationed in san diego then and regret never making it to a game. of course, working on sundays didn't help!

 

[John W]

He was a distant relative of mine. never actually met him but if you put a family picture together you would see how much he looked like all the males in the generation before me.

Leukemia tends to run in the family. My Aunt is being treated for it now but I fear that it is too late.

some kind of funny trivia is that my family is from Canton, OH (I know that there are at least a couple on this board from there also). Watch for the next round of Walshes coming up through football in the next decade or so....I am brainwashing my son daily....he can sing a certain fight song and knows all about that certain team.

 

[Ramy]

I am brainwashing my son daily....he can sing a certain fight song and knows all about that certain team.

The Kentucky Wildcats?

 

[Jimbo]

He was a distant relative of mine. never actually met him but if you put a family picture together you would see how much he looked like all the males in the generation before me.

Leukemia tends to run in the family. My Aunt is being treated for it now but I fear that it is too late.

some kind of funny trivia is that my family is from Canton, OH (I know that there are at least a couple on this board from there also). Watch for the next round of Walshes coming up through football in the next decade or so....I am brainwashing my son daily....he can sing a certain fight song and knows all about that certain team.

The Kentucky Wildcats?

Come on Ramy,
He's talking about Canton, OHIO ......
Of course he's talking about the "BUCKEYES !!!

Jimbo