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Bryant Young rammed about his former teammate and could have shared more backstory, but he omitted two and a half minutes of his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech for a more meaningful reason. .
Young, who has completed his tackle in his fourth Pro Bowl defense in San Francisco, delivered his most emotional moment at the festivities in Canton, Ohio on Saturday. In 2016 he finished 15th.
"Let me see Colby," said Young. "Colby, born in August 2001, loved life. He had many interests, including football, and an infectious smile. He was a happy child." In the fall of 2013, at the age of 13, Colby began to suffer from headaches, and a CAT scan revealed a brain tumor... Five days later, a surgeon removed the tumor and told him it was cancer." 20}
Colby Young initially recovered, but later the cancer returned.
"Doctors tried immunotherapy, but it spread too quickly," Young said. “Colby sensed where things were going and he had questions. He wasn’t afraid of death as much as the process of dying.
"God called Colby home on October 11, 2016," Young said tearfully. said to ``Colby, you live on in our hearts. He appeared in 208 games, all he played for the 49ers. His first-round pick from Notre Dame in 1994, he recorded his 89.5 sacks in his career. Young was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday, along with offensive tackle Tony Boselli, cornerback Leroy Butler, defensive end Richard Seymour, late receiver Cliff Branch and late linebacker Sam Mills. He was one of the players in Coach Dick Vermeil and official Art McNally were also appointed.
Butler said he can't wait to be inducted into the Hall of Fame after his illustrious career. He appeared in his 181 games over his 12 seasons (1990-his 2001) with the Green Bay Packers, was a second-round draft pick from Florida State, and won his 38th pick in his career. got a pass for
"When he plays for the Green He Bay Packers, it opens a lot of doors," Butler said. "Winning the Super Bowl opens all doors. Being inducted into the Hall of Fame opens football heaven. I want to know why. It's a rare company."
New England Patriots (2001-08) and Seymour, who played 164 games over 12 seasons with the Oakland Raiders (2009-12), was the sixth overall pick from Georgia in the 2001 draft. He has 57.5 career sacks and has been on seven Patriots teams that have won at least 10 games.
Boselli is Jacksonville's first Jaguars Hall of Famer. A five-time professional bowler, he was drafted second overall by the Jaguars out of Southern California in 1995, after which in seven seasons (1995–2001) he appeared in 91 games.
Branch died in 2019 at the age of 71. In his 14 seasons with the Raiders (1972-85), he was a three-time Super Bowl champion and he Four pros he was a bowler. He had 501 career receptions for 8,685 yards and 67 touchdowns.
Mills, who died of cancer in 2005 at the age of 45, played his 9th season with the New Orleans Saints (1986-94), the first of his 12-year career. did. He finished with the Carolina Panthers (1995-97), forcing 22. He had fumbles, 20.5 sacks and 11 interceptions for a total of 1,265 tackles.
In 15 seasons as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles (1976-82), St. Louis Rams (1997-99) and Kansas City (2001-05), he went 120-109. was. His Rams won the Super Bowl in his 1999 season.
Vermeil's biggest influence was his college basketball coach. While coaching at UCLA, he watched and learned from the legendary John Wooden.
"I took every opportunity to spend time with John Wooden," he said Vermeil. “Yeah, he coaches basketball, but when I watch him practice, the intensity and the discipline and the structure of a great football practice and a great football coach is there, and it’s so inspiring and I think learned a lot from him. He sat down and said, I sat down, and when John Wooden said he would sit down, so would you sit in. He said, 'I'll take the people you have as best as possible.' Try to do a great job of getting things done.It's true.You're right.Holy shit,thank you John Wooden.
McNally, 97, became the first civil servant to be appointed to Guangdong province. He began working as a referee in 1959, was a referee from 1960 to 1967, and was a referee supervisor from 1968 to 1991. He oversaw the implementation of instant replay in 1986.
– Field Level Media
