KEVIN GREENE, who amassed the third highest number of sacks in NFL history during a 14-year playing career, died on Monday. He was 58.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame said in a statement Greene had died at his home in Florida. No cause of death was given.
“The entire Pro Football Hall of Fame family mourns the passing of Kevin Greene,” Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker said in a statement Monday.
“I regarded him as a personal friend and a true Hall of Famer in every sense. He possessed the most incredible can-do attitude of anyone I ever met. He was a great player, but more than that, he was a great man.”
Greene entered the NFL after being chosen by the Los Angeles Rams with the 113th overall pick in the 1985 draft.
The defensive end’s 160 career sacks are the third highest tally in NFL history, with only Reggie White (198) and Bruce Smith (200) accumulating more during their careers.
Greene’s career also included stints with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers and San Francisco 49ers. He retired in 1999 after a second stint with the Panthers.
Although he never won a Super Bowl as a player, Greene was a member of the Green Bay Packers’ coaching staff when the team won the 2010 championship.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016.
Unrelated but it looks sheenan’s injury isn’t too bad and he’ll be all good for the WC, according to a recently deleted tweet from the Indo
@J M: if you’re wrong I will hunt you down :)
@Gearóid MacEachaidh: if you have reddit you can see a screenshot of said tweet on the rugbyunion subreddit
@J M: unreal news on Sheehan, anyone else have any other news?
@J M: Thats made my day. We have some really good hookers but he gives the team a whole other dimension.
@J M: also hope both teams absolutely bash the crap out of each other
Will we be blown away again in the first 20 min with that AB pace? .. Going to be very interesting to see (doubt it though, plenty of rugby match time since then .. Fully expecting the boks to throw the kitchen sink. Very strong sides… Some more height in the bok backline obviously to counter the Aerial bombardment.. .. No better prep than this win or lose…
@Stuart: long as beat lumps out of each other i be happy
@Stuart: Depends which NZ shows up, they were poor against Aus in their last game and just flew to London this week, they may be rusty
@Owen ODonoghue: well they are pretty Much are at full strength… If we can slow down that quick ball (like the other top 3/4 sides in the world in the rwc), we should be able to strangle the life out of them and unleash the kraken…
Anyone know if there is somewhere we can watch this? I thought Amazon might be showing some of the games last week but they didn’t.
@Gearóid MacEachaidh: aren’t Sky Sports showing it ? If ya had a dodgy box it’s on the South African channel Super Sport … apparently
@Noel Roe: used to have a dodgy box but not for a long time. If its on Sky I know a way around it. Cheers.
@Gearóid MacEachaidh: according to Flashscore, it’s on Sky Sports Mix
@Gearóid MacEachaidh: Sometimes Premier Sports are late updating their schedule on the TV Guide, so it could still turn up there. Every rugby fan in the world wants to see this game, it’s sold out, so must be somewhere!
@John McNamara: checked – confirmed that on my programme guide. Yippee!
@John McNamara: cheers John
@John Morris: thanks guys
@Gearóid MacEachaidh: sky showcase
@Gearóid MacEachaidh:
Its on sky sports mix
South Africa have a pretty amazing warm up schedule, they’ll arrive to the ireland game with NZ, Aus, Arg Wales and Scottish games under their belt
@Owen ODonoghue: Ireland have beaten all of the above on their winning run to the SA match – oh, and include SA and France too!