Jay Berwanger
because he got really goood at football with his dad but then terrells dad died so sence he was very good at football he wanted to join in the denver broncos
Bob Smith - American football - died on 2002-03-01.
Charlie Bradshaw - American football - died on 2002-01-23.
Roy Wilkins - American football - died on 2002-10-04.
Bill Jennings - American football - died on 2002-06-08.
Wayne Simmons - American football - died on 2002-08-23.
Russ Peterson - American football player - died in 1971-10.
Pat Tillman died in Afghanistan.
Derrick Thomas died of Lung embolism in 2002. Derrick was a NFL football player for the Kansas City Chiefs for 11 years before his death.
Charlie Justice - American football player - died on 2003-10-17.
Corey Smith - American football player - died in 2009-03.
Reggie White who died of a heart attack. There are many, many more, too numerous to mention. You can read about him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_White