Pittsburgh steelers player who died recently. The string of deaths most recently that of receiver theo bell 52 who died june 21 of kidney disease and the skin ailment scleroderma have reverberated through the steelers the city of. The times said 16 of the 77 nfl players from the 1970s and 1980s who have died since 2000 were steelers more than one in five. Former steelers lineman steve.
Cnn pittsburgh steelers wide receiver coach darryl drake has died team officials said sunday. His death at age 36 helped spark a debate in the nfl about the link between playing football and suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Perles was an nfl legend too.
Four of the deaths were unusual. Team president art rooney ii confirmed drakes death sunday morning in a statement. Former star defensive lineman ernie holmes death in an auto accident thursday night in texas was at least the 34th death of a former steelers player since 2000 with 16 of them age 59 or younger.