Bobby Layne was featured five years earlier. The baby-faced Huff became the second NFL player featured on the cover of Time magazine, appearing on Nov. He represented the franchise with honor and respect on the field in the booth and was beloved by our fans.” “He was an iconic player and broadcaster for the franchise for over 40 years and was a great friend to our family. “Anyone who knew Sam knew what an amazing person he was,” Washington owners Dan and Tanya Snyder said.
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He went to five Pro Bowls, four with the Giants and one with Washington. Huff was selected as the NFL’s top linebacker in 1959. Huff’s major regret was winning only one of his title games, the championship in his rookie season when the Giants crushed the Chicago Bears 47-7 at Yankee Stadium. He almost single-handedly influenced the first chants of ‘Defense, defense’ in Yankee Stadium,” team president John Mara said in a statement. He was the heart and soul of our defense in his era. “Sam was one of the greatest Giants of all time. Raised in West Virginia coal mining country, Huff became a two-time All-Pro in a career that spanned 1956-69, regularly crashing into the likes of Jim Brown, Jim Taylor and other bruising running backs. Huff always will be remembered as the furious middle linebacker in a 4-3 scheme developed for him by fellow Hall of Famer Tom Landry, his defensive coordinator with New York and later the architect of the Dallas Cowboys’ rise to power. An obituary released by the Giants said Huff had been diagnosed with dementia in 2013. He was 87.ĭeborah Matthews, a lawyer for Huff’s daughter, Catherine Huff Myers, told The Associated Press that Huff died of natural causes in Winchester, Virginia.
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