Sad day folks. Bill Walsh has passed away after battling leukemia for about 3 years.
Walsh had to be one of the greater coaches in NFL history and was influential in the careers of so many other coaches who have gone on to win NFL championships that by default, its almost as if, Walsh has won at least 10 super bowls. Consider THESE names:
Seifert, Mike Holmgren, Dennis Green, Sam Wyche, Ray Rhodes and Bruce Coslet, Tony Dungy played for him... AND THESE GUYS taught: Mike Shanahan, Jon Gruden, Brian Billick, Andy Reid, Pete Carroll, Gary Kubiak, Steve Mariucci and Jeff Fisher.
Sheesh, if he were a University, he'd be Harvard, wrapped in Oxford, with wings for Yale, Stanford and Princeton!
I havent even mentioned how he was one of the champions for the cause of hiring and training black head coaches in the NFL as well.
Should I even start with the number of Hall of Famers he coached, or taught to coach? The list would go on forever, going all of the way back to his Stanford teams, I'm sure a wing could be erected in Canton for the number of players he coached who are in, or will be in the Hall.
Sad Day indeed. May Coach Walsh rest in peace
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